ABBEY OF SAN PIETRO IN VALLE IN TERNI UMBRIA

The abbey of San Pietro in Valle is a historic monastery of Valnerina.

It is located in the province of Terni, in the municipality of Ferentillo, to about 370 m s.l.m.

The old monastery is privately owned and used as a residential hotel, while the church belongs to the curia.

It was built in the eighth century by Faroaldo II Duke of Spoleto, in the places where it has been handed down have lived the hermits Lazzaro and Giovanni. According to a legend, the Duke of Spoleto saw in a dream the same St. Peter who invited him to build on the site of a Benedictine abbey monastery. A few years later the duke renounced his title and became the Abbey monaco. Since then, the monastery was closely linked to the city of Spoleto welcoming the remains of many of the city dukes.

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ABBEY OF SAN PIETRO IN VALLE IN TERNI UMBRIA

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