St. Mary Magdalene Church

There is evidence of this church since 1518. In 1544, it was the church of a small convent, of which no trace remains today, of the Hermit Fathers of Saint Augustine (Discalced Augustinian Fathers), and remained so until 1660, when the Augustinians abandoned it. The Congregation of Clerics, founded in 1740, was based there. It was rebuilt in 1887. Inside, there are three altars with corresponding paintings. On the high altar, there was a Madonna of the Snows, which is now in the Mother Church on a palanquin; it was brought from Rome in 1740 by Father Spedalieri. Four artistic marble panels, recently created by local artisans, depict: Confession, Eucharist, Marriage, and Confirmation. On the left altar, there was a Saint Augustine (a 17th-century painting by an unknown artist). On the right altar, there was a painting of St. Mary Magdalene (another canvas by an unknown artist, from the 17th century). The exterior is rustic, the interior “very modest.” Its paintings are now displayed in the Mother Church and in the city sanctuary of Maria SS. Di Giubino. The church was closed following the 1968 earthquake.

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