The cathedral of San Donato Val di Comino is dedicated to Santa Maria and San Marcello Pope and dates back to the fourteenth century but then was changed in the Baroque period.
In the eighteenth century, the church was enlarged and embellished with simple, stylish, decorations, and an artistic chorus Colaianni praised by the bishop in his pastoral visit in 1800.
The church has a fine pipe organ built by Cesare Catarinozzi.
In a glass urn under the main altar, it houses the body of St. Constance, a Christian martyr killed with a sword to her throat.
The saint was buried in Rome in the Catacombs of San Callisto and in 1756 her remains were transferred in the cathedral. Since then, the last Sunday of August Santa Costanza is celebrated.
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