The Hermitage of San Venanzio is the site the ancient hermitage of Saint Venantius of Camerino, located above a stream in a remote ravine within a few kilometers north of Raiano, Province of L'Aquila
Eremo di San Venanzio
Hermitage of Saint Venantius
Pope Clement III
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Pope Clement III, born Paolo Scolari, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 December 1187 to his death in 1191. He ended the conflict between the Papacy and the cit
Hermitage of San Venanzio, Raiano
…constructed in the 12th-century, though the structure suggests some 15th-century construction. Papal bulls from Adrian IV (1156), Lucius III (1183) and Clement III (1188), refer to a St Venantius temple, but it is not clear if they refer to the church in the town or the hermitage. The church was built straddling…
13th century miniature of Pope Clement III from the Speculum Grandimontis