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EspañolSAN CLEMENTE ABBEY
(Redirected from Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria)
The 'Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria' is an abbey in the territory of Castiglione a Casauria, in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, central Italy.
The abbey was founded in 871 by Louis II, grand-grandson of Charlemagne, after a vow made during his imprisonment in the Duchy of Benevento. Initially entitled to the Holy Trinity, it was dedicated to St. Clement when the latter's remain were brought here in 872.
In its history the abbey was plundered several times: by the Saracens in 920 and by the Norman count Malmozzetto in 1078. After the latter's destruction the Benedictine abbot Grimoald promoted the rebuilding of the church, which was reconsecrated in 1105. However, the works ended only in the late 12th century under abbot Leonas.
The façade is precede by a portico with columns and capitals; under it are three portals, the middle and larger one having a lunette and a tympanum with sculpted stories of St. Clement and of the abbey's history. The door is in bronze, with 72 tiles showing various Biblical
episodes.
The interior has a nave and two aisles with semicircular apse. The high altar is a Palaeo-Christian sepulchre, surmounted by a 14th century cyborium.
In the crypt two apse railings divide the primitive church from that rebuilt the Benedictines in the 12th century.
★ San Liberatore a Maiella
★ Storia dell'architettura in Abruzzo, , Ignazio Carlo, Gavini, Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1927-1928,
★ Guida all'Abruzzo, , , , Touring Club Italiano, ,
★ L'Italia, , , , Istituto Geografico De Agostini, ,
The 'Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria' is an abbey in the territory of Castiglione a Casauria, in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, central Italy.
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History
The abbey was founded in 871 by Louis II, grand-grandson of Charlemagne, after a vow made during his imprisonment in the Duchy of Benevento. Initially entitled to the Holy Trinity, it was dedicated to St. Clement when the latter's remain were brought here in 872.
In its history the abbey was plundered several times: by the Saracens in 920 and by the Norman count Malmozzetto in 1078. After the latter's destruction the Benedictine abbot Grimoald promoted the rebuilding of the church, which was reconsecrated in 1105. However, the works ended only in the late 12th century under abbot Leonas.
Architecture
The façade is precede by a portico with columns and capitals; under it are three portals, the middle and larger one having a lunette and a tympanum with sculpted stories of St. Clement and of the abbey's history. The door is in bronze, with 72 tiles showing various Biblical
episodes.
The interior has a nave and two aisles with semicircular apse. The high altar is a Palaeo-Christian sepulchre, surmounted by a 14th century cyborium.
In the crypt two apse railings divide the primitive church from that rebuilt the Benedictines in the 12th century.
See also
★ San Liberatore a Maiella
References
★ Storia dell'architettura in Abruzzo, , Ignazio Carlo, Gavini, Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1927-1928,
★ Guida all'Abruzzo, , , , Touring Club Italiano, ,
★ L'Italia, , , , Istituto Geografico De Agostini, ,
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