Santi Vito e Salvo

Cistercian Abbey of Santi Vito e Salvo
	Location within Italy
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1247
Disestablished	1453
Mother house	Santa Maria della Ferraria
Diocese	Chieti–Vasto
Site
Location	San Salvo, Italy
Coordinates	42°02′42″N14°43′53″E / 42.044911°N 14.731504°E Coordinates: 42°02′42″N14°43′53″E / 42.044911°N 14.731504°E
Public access	yes

Last updated October 01, 2019

The Abbey of Santi Vito e Salvo (Italian: Abbazia dei Santi Vito e Salvo) was a Cistercian monastery located in San Salvo, Province of Chieti, Italy. ^[1]

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History

It was founded in 1247 by the mother abbey Santa Maria della Ferraria in Campania, of the line of Abbey of Clairvaux.

The Abbey of Santa Maria della Ferraria was a Cistercian monastery located in Vairano Patenora, Province of Caserta, Italy. Presently only ruins remain.

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At the beginnings, the location selected for the abbey was in a swampy area close to San Salvo, but the harsh living conditions pushed the monks to move inside the town. ^[2]

The abbey developed in the area nowadays known as "il quadrilatero", but it was abandoned in 1453 after an attack launched by the Turks.

Architecture

The structures of the abbey are completely lost, with new buildings constructed around the squared area of the original closter.

The new church of San Giuseppe was built in place of the previous one: the only remains of the original building are two lancet windows on the side of the church. The original well of the abbey was discovered during recent excavations.

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References

↑ "Vito e Salvo, Santi" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
↑ Giovanni Artese. "L'abbazia di San Vito - poi dei SS. Vito e Salvo - del Trigno (secc. XIII-XIX)" (in Italian). SanSalvo.net. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

Bibliography

Mammarella, Luigi (1995). "Santi Vito e Salvo sul Trigno". Abbazie e monasteri cistercensi in Abruzzo (in Italian). Cerchio (AQ): Adelmo Polla Editore. pp. 111–113. ISBN 8874070276.

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External links

"Chiesa dei Santi Vito e Salvo" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Originum Cisterciensium - in quo, praemissis congregationum domiciliis adjectisque tabulis chronologico-genealogicis, veterum abbatiarum a monachis habitatarum fundationes ad fidem antiquissimorum fontium primus descripsit (in Latin). I. Vienna: Puthod. p. 340. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

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[1] "Vito e Salvo, Santi" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

[2] Giovanni Artese. "L'abbazia di San Vito - poi dei SS. Vito e Salvo - del Trigno (secc. XIII-XIX)" (in Italian). SanSalvo.net. Retrieved December 31, 2014.