Campoli Appennino. Hill and Church of San Pancrazio

Colle and San Pancrazio Church of Campoli Appennino is sanctuary of Benedictine origins.

It comes from1521 and is located on a lovely small hill.

It was built by people who wanted a votive chapel after an apparition of the holy martyr to shepherds.

In 1594 it was transformed into the church.

A beautiful wooden statue was added in 1804.

The sacristy is preserved and dates back to 1852 while the bell is from 1857.

Above the altar there is a seventeenth-century painting depicting the martyrdom of San Pancrazio, patron saint of the city,.

The image is carried in procession on the feast day of the town.


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