An historical Italian character

The Majella, the mountain of Abruzzi,  hiding dozens of hermitages in which retired to meditate unknown men but also famous peple  as Pietro da Morrone

Pietro, pope from 5 July to 13 December 1294, named Celestino V,  was the last pope of the history, before Benedict XVI,  who renounced  the papacy to live in prayer and meditation with his monks.

... very often the road to get the hermitages is inaccessible but the breathtaking landscapes repay us for the effort

Follow us on our journey to discover the 'Celestine Hermitages in the mountain of  Majella'

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The hermitage of St. Bartholomeo was built by Pietro del Morrone on an existing building.

The staircase carved into the rock leads to a rocky balcony at the end of which is the church.

                  

From a small terrace you can admire a wonderful panorama where  merge the blue of the sky, the gray of the mountains and the green of the meadows and trees.

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The origin of the hermitage of Santo Spirito a  Majella  might lie in the centuries before to the year

one thousand and was rebuilt after a long period of neglect by Pietro da Morrone.

It  was the main hermitage  of the Celestine congregation until 1293.

                

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Matteo from the first class  F visited the Hermitage of Sant 'Onofrio.

 

When I  visited  the hermitage of Sant 'Onofrio on Morrone  I was impressed from the spirituality of the place. (Matteo)

It is located on the bare rock about 630 m in height and can be reached after a climb of about twenty minutes.

It was the last hermitage built by Celestine V and it was here when he was elected Pope in 1294.

Initially consisted only of a cave where Pietro da Morrone prayed and rested, then it was expanded to become what it is today.

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 And finally Giorgia visited The hermitage of San Giovanni, located 1227 meters high, near the town of Caramanico, it is the most inaccessible of the hermitages frequented by Celestine V.



He spent various periods of penance here almost continuously from 1284 to 1293.

From classroom first D and F