San Cristoforo, Terni Explained

San Cristoforo
Pushpin Map:Italy Umbria
Country:Italy
Location:Terni, Province of Terni, Umbria
Address:Via Francesco Angeloni, 24
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founded Date:12th century
Dedication:Saint Christopher
Materials:stone bricks
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]

Notes and References

  1. https://turismo.comune.terni.it/it/content/la-chiesa-di-san-cristoforo Comune of Terni