San Cristoforo, Terni

San Cristoforo
San Cristoforo
42°33′54″N12°38′58″E / 42.565062°N 12.649313°E / 42.565062; 12.649313
Location	Terni, Province of Terni, Umbria
Address	Via Francesco Angeloni, 24
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	12th century
Dedication	Saint Christopher
Specifications
Materials	stone bricks
Administration
Diocese	Terni-Narni-Amelia

San Cristoforo is a 12th-century Roman Catholic church in Terni, region of Umbria, in Italy. Francis of Assisi is putatively said to have preached from atop a stone at the right flank of the church, now housing a bronze sculpture of the saint. It is in the Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia.

History

The small simple church is made from stone bricks, likely spolia, and has a single nave with fragments remaining of 14th and 15th century frescoes. There is also a triptych with St Christopher, while a 17th-century canvas depicting the church's patron in housed in the adjacent modern church building. ^[1]

References

1. Comune of Terni, entry on church.