The hermitage of Saint Michael in Roccasecca was built on Mount Asprano, inside a rocky inlet that forms a kind of cave.
The hermitage is located under the cliff of the castle and can be reached via the village of Caprile.
The construction began around one thousand and was already mentioned in the 'Cronache di Cassino' (Chronicon Casinense - Cassino Chronicle) in 991 when it was acquired by the abbey.
Inside there are two rooms and, in the one used for worship, beautiful 11th century frescoes adorn the wall behind the altar.
The painting is in Byzantine style and represents the Ascension of Christ enclosed in an oval with at the sides angels blessing Our Lady and the Apostles.
Another nineteenth-century fresco representing a crucifixion was moved to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Caprile.
Until the middle of the last century, people who died of infectious diseases were buried in this hermitage.
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