Built on the Angel Hill, it is the oldest existing church in S. Stefano del Sole (AV). This was attested by a plaque located to the left of the church, replaced by a modern one, where it was written: “D.O.M. DIE XXV IUNII MARIA ERROGUS XEONA EREXIT SANCTI ANGELI HOC SACELLUM MCXIX“, that is: “To God the Best and Greatest, on the 25th day of June, Maria Errogus erected this temple in Sant’Angelo (Michele) in 1119 (25 June 1119)“. The altars present in the church were removed, as was the adjacent read more
Built on the Angel Hill, it is the oldest existing church in S. Stefano del Sole (AV). This was attested by a plaque located to the left of the church, replaced by a modern one, where it was written: “D.O.M. DIE XXV IUNII MARIA ERROGUS XEONA EREXIT SANCTI ANGELI HOC SACELLUM MCXIX“, that is: “To God the Best and Greatest, on the 25th day of June, Maria Errogus erected this temple in Sant’Angelo (Michele) in 1119 (25 June 1119)“. The altars present in the church were removed, as was the adjacent building from 1790, the latter by the work of the reverend Marcantonio de Feo, who suspected that it was used as a place of sinful appointments. The building housed three rooms that served as the caretaker’s residence. In compliance with the Edict of Saint Cloud of 1804, which established that tombs had to be placed outside the city walls, in 1837 the small garden behind the church was transformed into a cemetery until 1873, the year in which the municipal cemetery was built. read less
