San Salvatore (Holy Saviour) is a
Roman Catholic
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church and monastery located atop Monte Fiolo outside of the town of
Casperia
Casperia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,164 and an area of .All demographics ...
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province of Rieti
The Province of Rieti ( it, Provincia di Rieti) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti. Established in 1927, it has an area of with a total population of 157,887 people as of 2017. There are 73 ''comuni'' ...
, region of
Lazio
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, central Italy. It is also known as the ''Convent of Monte Fioli''.
History
The first documented mention of this church is in 1343 by Cardinal
Pietro Gomez de Barros, Bishop of Sabina. A
Capuchin convent was established at the sight, but by 1868 the monastery was suppressed and the property assigned to the commune of Aspra. In 1882, the Seminario Lombardo acquired the convent and lands and pursued some refurbishments. In 1936, Monsignor Gulio Belvedere, secretary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archeology acquired the property, and assigned it the
Benedictine
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Oblates of Priscilla (nuns), who still operated a spiritual retreats for priests in training as well as the lay public.
The interior of the church contains a main altarpiece depicting ''Saints Francis, Bernardino of Siena, Antony of Padua, and Carlo Borromeo in Adoration of the Virgin'' (1619) by
Girolamo Bottacchioli. In addition there is a depiction of Michael Archangel defeating demons, alongside Saints Catherine, Alexandrina, Mary Magdalen, and Clare of Assisi. Behind the altar is a sarcophagus with the relics of Monsignor Belvedere with an inscription from the telegram of Pope
John XXIII
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sent upon his death.
Fondo Edifici Culto
province of Rieti, entry on church.
References
Roman Catholic churches in Lazio
16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Churches in the province of Rieti
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