Santi Cosma e Damiano is a
Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
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church in the town of
Isernia
Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the Antonine Itinerary, ''Serni''. is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Molise, and the capital of province of Isernia.
Geography
Situated on a rocky crest ri ...
in the 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
A chapel at the hilltop at this site was founded circa 1130, and by the 14th century, a new church was erected dedicated to the
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...
(). The main altar was built in 1639 and houses a 16th-century canvas depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints and
Cardinal Numaio''. While bishop of the town, the Cardinal Numaio placed the church and its property under the property of the diocese.
The altar of the
Virgin of the ''Addolorata'' (1744) is to the right of the nave. The altar of the Crucifixion on the left dates to 1645.
[Isernia Province, tourism office, entry on church.]
References
Roman Catholic churches in Molise
12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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