San Giovanni in Silvamatrice

 

IT’S A FIRST CHURCH WAS RISING IN THE SANTOSTEFANO’S AREA. FOR THIS REASON HIS NAME REMAIN MATRICE OR MOTHER CHURCH.

THIS ANCIENT TEMPLE WAS MENTIONED IN THE COUNT GIACOMO I ‘S WILL AND IN THE DECIME OF 1328 AND 1329 TOO. AFTER MANY EVENTS RECEIVED IT BY INHERITANCE OF DE LUCA’S FAMILY IN AMASENO.

Facciata attuale di San Giovanni in Silvamatrice Portale destro Resti delle mura di San Giovanni

INSIDE THE TEMPLE THERE WERE SOME MEDIOVAL FRESCOS, NOW UNFORTUNATELY LOST……. 

Foto del 1950

IN THE RELATIONES AD LIMINO TO THE POPE SISTO V OF DIOCESE OF FERENTINO, TODAY JEALOUSY GUARDED IN THE VATICAN ARCHIVES, WE CAN READ THIS SHORT NOTE :….." THE ABBEY CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA IN SANTOSTEFANO HAVE AN ANNUAL GAIN BETWEEN TWENTY AND FORTY SCUDI AND AN ANCHORET TAKES CARE OF THE TEMPLE……".

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