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San Giovanni in Silvamatrice
IT’S A FIRST CHURCH WAS RISING IN THE SANTOSTEFANO’S AREA. FOR THIS REASON HIS NAME REMAIN MATRICE OR MOTHER CHURCH.
THIS ANCIENT TEMPLE WAS MENTIONED IN THE COUNT GIACOMO I ‘S WILL AND IN THE DECIME OF 1328 AND 1329 TOO. AFTER MANY EVENTS RECEIVED IT BY INHERITANCE OF DE LUCA’S FAMILY IN AMASENO.
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INSIDE THE TEMPLE THERE WERE SOME MEDIOVAL FRESCOS, NOW UNFORTUNATELY LOST…….
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IN THE RELATIONES AD LIMINO TO THE POPE SISTO V OF DIOCESE OF FERENTINO, TODAY JEALOUSY GUARDED IN THE VATICAN ARCHIVES, WE CAN READ THIS SHORT NOTE :….." THE ABBEY CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA IN SANTOSTEFANO HAVE AN ANNUAL GAIN BETWEEN TWENTY AND FORTY SCUDI AND AN ANCHORET TAKES CARE OF THE TEMPLE……".
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