Collegiata di S. Esuperanzio

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The Collegiata di S. Esuperanzio ("Collegiate Church of St. Exuperantius") is a church in Cingoli , a place in the Italian Marche , which was built in the 12th century at the latest.

Representation of St. Esuperanzio in a church lunette
The Mother of God with Saints Exuperantius, who carries the banner of the city, and Saint Bernard of Siena . Fresco in the collegiate church

Initially “without a doubt” outside the city walls of Cingulum , the church was built under the name of Santo Stefano. It was supposed to take in the bodies of the deceased bishops.

The name S. Esuperanzio appears for the first time for the church in a bull by Pope Innocent II of May 24, 1139, which is in the Vatican's secret archives . A copy of it is also available in the Gubbio State Archives on April 27, 1278. This document confirms the rights of the Fonte Avellana Monastery to the church. But at the same time the Valfucina Monastery, located near the 1480 m high Monte S. Vicino, had rights to the facility. Possibly the church was built over a Roman temple or a late Roman church. In a document Pope Lucius III. from April 4, 1184 it turns out that it was already a spacious building, which may have looked similar to today's.

No sources from the 13th and 14th centuries report on the church and the monastery built next to it, so that the influence on the city of Cingoli remains unclear. In the 15th century the church was restored and frescoes of the Umbrian-Mark school were created. With the bull Pope Pius V of December 10, 1569, the monastery was abolished. In 1769 the church was converted into a collegiate church with six canons .

In the crypt , which was built around 1770, are the relics of St. Exuperantius , a bishop and saint of Cingoli, discovered during construction work in the church on January 24, 1495. He is considered the patron saint of Cingoli, whose memorial day has been the day when his relics were discovered.

The church represents a mixed Romanesque-Gothic style. In 1920, she was restored with frescoes of the 15th and 16th century were uncovered, as well as to a crucifix of the 13th century and a polyptych discovered that Giovanni Antonio Bellinzoni attributed. In addition, there was a flagellation of Christ by Sebastiano del Piombo . The church preserves manuscripts from the 13th century, including musical manuscripts, which are in the Archivio priorale della Collegiata S. Esuperanzio, Piazza S. Esuperanzio, 51.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Sonia Virgili: Insediamenti civili e religiosi nella media e alta valle del Potenza (MC) , All'Insegna del Giglio, Borgo San Lorenzo 2014, p. 28.
  2. ↑ Giancarlo Rostirolla, Luciano Luciani (Ed.): Guida alle biblioteche e agli archivi musicali italiani , 2004, p. 174.

Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′ 46.9 "  N , 13 ° 12 ′ 35.7"  E