San Domenico Monastery (Sora)

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Monastery church Basilica of San Domenico

The convent of San Domenico (Sora) (lat. Prioratus simplex BMV et S. Dominici Abbatis ) since 1011 an abbey of Benedictine , since 1222 a priory of Cistercian in Sora , Region Lazio , Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo in Italy.

history

The holy Benedictine Dominic of Sora founded a Benedictine abbey consecrated to Our Lady in 1011 with reform intentions at the place of birth of Cicero in today's Sora , which in turn settled the Casamari monastery ten kilometers away in 1036 . From 1104 the abbey in Sora bore the name of its founder. In 1222 the monastery was attached to Casamari, which had become Cistercian and dominated the region, as a priory. Monastic life came to a standstill in 1653 (after it had already been converted into a commander in 1472 ), but the monastery was repopulated by Casamari in 1833 and still exists today (with currently 5 monks). The monastery church has been a parish church since 1935 and has been named Basilica minor since the millennium in 2011 . The Cistercian character of the church has been preserved despite the earthquake damage.

literature

  • La tradizione storica di San Domenico di Sora. Iconografia, fonti, luoghi. Atti dei convegni del millenario , ed. by Luigi Gulia. Casamari 2012.
  • Federico Farina and Felice Calò: San Domenico e la sua abbazia. La comunità di San Domenico abate celebra il 9. centenario della canonizzazione del suo fondatore e della consacrazione della sua chiesa. Abbazia di San Domenico, 10 agosto 2005 . Casamari 2005.
  • Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 682.
  • Luigi Loffredo: S. Domenico di Sora ei luoghi natali di Cicerone . OO 1981.

Web links

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Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 48.7 "  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 47.6"  E