Mother Church

This church was inaugurated in 1630, as reported by a marble inscription inside the church. Legend has it that it was built by Pope Gregory XIV forty years earlier, who happened to pass through these areas. The bell tower that flanks the church was built later thanks to a donation from the Iuzzolino family, the most powerful in the country. During the earthquake of 1980 the roof of the church was razed to the ground. According to an inscription placed outside the church, Saint Gerard Majella had a blood spurt right in front of the main altar while praying.

To enter the church there are three doors, two lateral and the central portal. The church is divided into three naves, at the end of the central nave you can find the main altar where behind it there is a niche where the statue of Saint Gregory the Great is preserved. In the church there are, in addition to the main altar, ten altars each dedicated to a saint. Entering from the portal on the right nave are preserved some relics of Saint Concordius martyr, a holy body or martyr of the catacombs. In the church there is a choir loft placed high in front of the main altar. At the end of the left nave is the sacristy where the clothes for liturgical celebrations are kept. In the church there is a very large crypt to accommodate faithful.

In the church other relics of Saint Camillus, Saint Felix, Saint Gerard Majella, Saint Gregory Pope are preserved.

The bell tower is Romanesque style and is placed laterally to the church, inside there are 5 bells.