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Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Alatri, Latium, central Italy. It was founded in the 5th century, over the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Venus, although it was mentioned for the first time in 1137. It was later renovated in Romanesque style and received further Gothic additions during the 13th century.
Alatri Cathedral, otherwise the Basilica of Saint Paul (Italian: Duomo di Alatri; Basilica concattedrale di San Paolo apostolo), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Alatri, Lazio, Italy, dedicated to Saint Paul. It was formerly the cathedral of the Diocese of Alatri. Since 30 September 1986 it has been a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Anagni-Alatri.
The Diocese of Anagni-Alatri (Latin: Dioecesis Anagnina-Alatrina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Alatri was united to the historical Diocese of Anagni.
The 10-11th century church is built with stone with a single nave, to which a left nave and sacristy were added in 1331. The exterior has few windows, the apse retains fragments of a 12th-century fresco depicting St Sylvester and the Dragon. Other 13th and 14th century frescoes depict scenes from the gospels and saints.
Alatri (Latin: Aletrium) is an Italian town and comune of the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio, with c. 30,000 inhabitants. An ancient city of the Hernici , [ 3 ] it is known for its megalithic acropolis .
The Church of the Scolopi or Chiesa degli Scolopi is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic but now deconsecrated church in Alatri, province of Frosinone, in the region of Lazio, Italy. The term Scolopi is derived from the last two words of the formal name of the Piarist order: chierici regolari poveri della Madre di Dio delle scuole pie (in ...
Church of Saint Peter, Poli, Lazio: Pope Pius X Madonna Avvocata Nostra [129] 13 October 1913 Church of San Giacomo Maggiore, Vicovaro: Pope Pius X Madonna delle Neve [130] c. 1914: Zungri: Pope Pius X Madonna di Materdomini [131] 17 March 1914 Mesagne: Pope Pius X La Madonna del Mirteto (Icon of the Descent of Jesus from the Cross) 21 May 1914 ...
A named bishop of Alatri is Paschasius (551), who accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople on the occasion of the controversy of the Three Chapters. In the church of St. Mary Major in Alatri was preserved a wooden statue of the Madonna, an example of Roman art of the twelfth century. [3]