POI data

General information
Chiesa dei Santi Lucia e Teodosio
Chiesa del SS. Purgatorio
Church, ruined church, chapel, temple
Catholic
no
The church of Saint Lucia was originally dedicated to St. Theodosius, and then also became the church of Purgatory or of Suffrage. Currently the church is called the Oratory Church of Saint Lucia because the brotherhood to venerate the image of Santa. After the earthquake of 1857 was rebuilt and enlarged. Built in neoclassical style. Sober outside, guards inside the statues of St. Rita, St. Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Lucia, Our Lady of Pompeii and the Immaculate. On the altar and the holy water fonts has been the skull resting on the Bible, a symbol of the brotherhood of Purgatory.
Saint Lucia (13 December)
Location
Piazza Antica
Canosa di Puglia
76012
Italy
Puglia
41.2255
16.0600
137.06
Contact
Diocese of Canosa di Puglia
0883 610111
ITALIAN BISHOPS 'CONFERENCE CEI - Puglia
Additional information
Good
Scheduled visit
Average
Low
National
Average
Religious tourism,Cultural tourism
Neoclassical,Sculpture