San Giacomo is a

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church located on Corso Umberto I in the hill-town of

Santa Croce di Magliano Santa Croce di Magliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about northeast of Campobasso. The settlement was formerly inhabited by an Arbëreshë community, who have since assimilated ...

, in the

Province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

, region of

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

, Italy.

History

Construction of the church began in 1727 and it was dedicated to St James, likely

St James the Greater James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...

, often invoked in regions threatened by Saracen raiders. In 1742, a cemetery was moved here from a site near an old church called the Cappelluccia. This cemetery was used after the plague of

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in 1837. The bell-tower was completed in 1875. The church structure was refurbished in the 1990s. Inside are processional statues of St James and of the Virgin Addolorata with Dead Christ. The 2002 earthquake toppled the spire of the bell-tower and caused significant structural damage.Docese of Termoli Lariano
entry.

References

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