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Sant'Ambrogio | |
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The façade of the church. | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Province | Enna |
Location | |
Location | Cerami, Sicily, Italy |
Geographic coordinates | 37°48′42.5380″N 14°30′30.1320″E / 37.811816111°N 14.508370000°E / 37.811816111; 14.508370000 |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Completed | 15th Century |
Sant'Ambrogio is the Roman Catholic mother church or chiesa matrice in the center of the town of Cerami, in the province of Enna, region of Sicily, Italy.
History and description
A church at this site, dedicated to St Ambrose, was likely implanted by the Norman conquerors of the 12th-century. A larger church was initially built in 1455 and refurbished in the following centuries. It houses a white marble Madonna and Child by Antonello Gagini. It also has an 18th-century statues of St Michael Archangel by Filippo Quattrocchi of Gangi.
References
- Comune of Cerami, entry on church.