San Francesco da Paola is a renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church located in the town of Oria, province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy.
History
In the 880s, bishop Theodosius had a chapel or burial crypt built for the relics of Barsanuphius of Gaza, a hermit and desert father, close to the porta Hebraica. This chapel sheltered the relics until 1170 when they were transferred to the cathedral. In 1580 the current church and a convent were erected on top of this crypt.
References
- Safran, Linda (18 April 2014). The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 162, 182, 295. ISBN 978-0-8122-4554-7. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- Comune of Oria, tourism itinerary.
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