Oria, Apulia
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Oria is a town and comune in the Apulia region, in the province of Brindisi, in southern Italy. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oria.
View of Oria
A coin from Oria, Roman age, portraying Hercules.
The castle.
Barsanuphius
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Barsanuphius, also known as Barsanuphius of Palestine, Barsanuphius of Gaza or Barsanuphius the Great, was a Christian hermit and writer of the sixth century. He is considered one of the Desert Father
Oria, Apulia
…In 882, Emperor Basil I installed the former duke of Benevento, Guaifer, in the town as protosphartarios. Bishop Theodosius deposited the relics of Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza in a chapel in the 880s close to the Porta degli Ebrei. They were kept there until 1170. The church of San Francesco da Paola was later built there in…
Russian Orthodox icon of Saint Barsanuphius
Painting by Samuele Tatulli depicting the arrival in Ostuni of the relics of Saint Barsanuphius. The three characters in the foreground are (from left to right) the saint, Bishop Theodosius and the personified diocese of Oria.
Statue of Saint Barsanuphius at Oria