Castelpetroso

Castelpetroso
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Isernia  (IS)
Coordinates	41 ° 34 '  N , 14 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 33 '35 "  N , 14 ° 20' 47"  E
height	872  m slm
surface	22.6 km²
Residents	1,620 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	72 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86090
prefix	0865
ISTAT number	094010
Popular name	Castelpretosini
Website	Castelpetroso

Castelpetroso is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1620 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Isernia in Molise . The municipality is located about 10.5 kilometers east-southeast of Isernia .

traffic

Strada Statale 17 dell'Appennino Abruzzese e Appulo Sannitica leads through the municipality from Antrodoco to Foggia .

Pilgrimage church

Santuario della Madonna Addolorata in Castelpetroso

At Castelpetroso (Cesa tra Santi) is the pilgrimage church Santuario dell'Addolorata di Castelpetroso . In 1888 the two women Fabiana Cicchino and Serafina Valentino twice to the at this location Holy Mary as kneeling Mater Dolorosa have appeared, with seven swords durchstoßenem heart and her dead son Jesus Christ before him. The Bishop of Boiano was the apparition confirmed shortly afterwards personally. As a result, the place became a destination for pilgrimages. The editor-in-chief of Il Servo di Maria Carlo Acquaderni brought his seriously ill son Augusto to this place; the son was healed shortly afterwards. Acquaderni then suggested the construction of the pilgrimage church, which was financed by donations. The church was designed by the engineer Francesco Gualandi from Bologna in the neo-Gothic style . The star-shaped composition of seven chapels with a 54 meter high dome in the middle is striking. The foundation stone was laid on September 28, 1890, but it was not consecrated and opened until September 21, 1975 by the Archbishop of Campobasso.

On December 6, 1973, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Maria Santissima Addolorata di Castelpetroso the patron saint of the region of Molise . Pope John Paul II visited the pilgrimage church on March 19, 1995, and Pope Francis on July 5, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Castelpetroso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Beata Vergine Addolorata di Castelpetroso on santiebeati.it
3. ↑ Official website of the pilgrimage church