Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare

Eremo della Madonna dell'Altare (Italian for Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare) is an hermitage located in Palena, Province of Chieti (Abruzzo, Italy).[1]

Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare
Eremo della Madonna dell'Altare
View of the hermitage
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceProvince of Chieti
RegionAbruzzo
Location
MunicipalityPalena
StateItaly
Architecture
Completed11th-century

History

Part of Palanese folk history is a story regarding Palena's patron saint, San Falco, or Falco di Palena, who died here, and was found surrounded by candles, three days after a bell was heard ringing in the town below. It took three days to reach him because of the snow. During the annual festival of Ferragosto, the town organizes a hike up to the church, where they roast a pig. It is considered the most important and sacred of the churches in Palena.

This history is totally wrong. My mother was born there in 1930. San Falco died on Monte Coccia in a modest hermitage constructed for him.[2] In the 13th century Pietro Angelerio, the future Pope Celestine V, was a hermit in a cave in the Maiella area for 3 years.[3] The Hermitage of Madonna dell'Altare was built in the 14th century by the Celestines next to this cave.[4][5]

References
  1. "Madonna dell'Altare". Majella National Park. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "St. Falco". Palena in Tasca. Comune di Palena. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "Palena, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy". Italy Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. "Celestinian Hermitage of the Madonna Dell'Altare in Palena (Chieti)". Ospitalita Religiosa. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. "Pope Celestine V". Wikipedia. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  • Micati, Edoardo (2000). "Madonna dell'Altare, Palena (CH)". Eremi d'Abruzzo. Guida ai luoghi di culto rupestri (in Italian). Pescara: Carsa Edizioni. pp. 51–51. ISBN 88-85854-74-5.

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