Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare
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| Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare | |
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Eremo della Madonna dell'Altare | |
 View of the hermitage | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Province of Chieti |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Location | |
| Municipality | Palena |
| State | Italy |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 11th-century |
Eremo della Madonna dell'Altare (Italian for Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare) is an hermitage located in Palena, Province of Chieti (Abruzzo, Italy).[1]
History[edit]
Part of Palanese folk history is a story regarding Palena's patron saint, San Falco, or Falco di Palena [it], who died here, and was found surrounded by candles, three days after a bell was heard ringing in the town below. It took three days to reach him because of the snow. During the annual festival of Ferragosto, the town organizes a hike up to the church, where they roast a pig. It is considered the most important and sacred of the churches in Palena.
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This history is totally wrong. My mother was born there in 1930. San Falco died on Monte Coccia in a modest hermitage constructed for him.[2] In the 13th century Pietro Angelerio, the future Pope Celestine V, was a hermit in a cave in the Maiella area for 3 years.[3] The Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare was built in the 14th century by the Celestines next to this cave.[4][5][circular reference]
Architecture[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Madonna dell'Altare". Majella National Park. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Falco". Palena in Tasca. Comune di Palena. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Palena, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy". Italy Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Celestinian Hermitage of the Madonna Dell'Altare in Palena (Chieti)". Ospitalita Religiosa. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Pope Celestine V
- Micati, Edoardo (2000). "Madonna dell'Altare, Palena (CH)". Eremi d'Abruzzo. Guida ai luoghi di culto rupestri (in Italian). Pescara: Carsa Edizioni. p. 51. ISBN 88-85854-74-5.
External links[edit]
- "Santuario della Madonna dell'Altare" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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