There are many stories around the construction of this small church of the Madonna del Giglio.
It is located on a hill just before the entrance to the village of Proceno.
According to one tradition, the church was built on a previous Etruscan temple dedicated to the goddess Ceres.
Other stories trace its construction back to the apparition of the Madonna with a Lily in the hands of a shepherdess.
She requested to build a chapel on an aedicule where one of her images was already to be found.
The shepherdess went to the Sforza family who had it built after considerable popular pressure.
The style of the church appears today unidentifiable.
A simple stone structure has been enriched by three large openings (in proportion to the church) with a door and two side windows framed by elaborately carved marble.
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