Sant'Antonio da Padova is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

church 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

The church was first erected in 1632 and dedicated to St

Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua ( it, Antonio di Padova) or Anthony of Lisbon ( pt, António/Antônio de Lisboa; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Catholic Church, Catholic priesthood (Cath ...

. The endowment for its construction was afforded by Don Pietro Giovanni Ceva Grimaldi, Brother of the Duke of Telese, and Baron of Santa Croce. After the earthquake of 1732, the church was rebuilt and enlarged. It had a single nave until 1850, when an additional nave was added on the left side. The church was restored in the 1990s. It putatively contains relics of San Flaviano.Docese of Termoli Lariano
entry.

References

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