San Silvestro Papa is a

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church located in the town of Sora, region of Lazio, Italy.

History

According to tradition, a church at the site was commissioned by St Dominic in 1029 adjacent to a

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monastery. It is dedicated to the canonized

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In 1765, by then in a near ruinous state, the church was razed; and in 1770 rebuilt from he ground using designs by the architect Cristoforo de Donatis. The church has a single nave with lateral chapels. The large cupola corresponds to the octagonal dome seen from the outside. The base of the cupola has four canvases depicting the four evangelists (after 1850) by Pietro Biancale. It houses a painting of ''San Bernardo di Chiaravalle'' (1770) by Marco Caricchia; a ''Madonna and Child, St Sylvester Pope, and St Dominic Abbot'' by Paolo Antonio Sperduti; and a marble tabernacle by the Neapolitan sculptor Pecorella and designed by De Donatis. It has a terracotta depiction of the ''Crowned Madonna'' (1700).Comune of Sora
entry on church.

References

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