Rende - Churches

Churches

Church	Place	Holyday
Saint Mary Major	Old Town
Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Constantinople	Old Town	Seventh Tuesday after Easter
Church of the 'Ritiro'	Old Town
Church of the Rosary	Old Town	First Sunday in October
St. Francis of Assisi	Old Town
St. Charles Borromeo	Quattromiglia
Our Lady of Lourdes	Marchesino	February 11
St. Anthony of Padua	Commenda	June 13
St. Paul the Apostle	San Gennaro	June 29
Our Lady of the Consolation	Arcavacata	Easter Monday
St. Francis of Paola	Surdo	last Sunday of May
Trinity	Saporito	56 days before Easter
Our lady of Montserrat	Quattromiglia	Third Sunday in September
Our lady of the Consolation	Santo Stefano	Last Sunday in August
Virgin of Mercy	Pietà (OT)	May 3
Our Lady of the Assumption	Old Town	August 15
St. Anthony Abbot	Old Town	January 17
St. Roch	Rocchi	First Sunday in October
Our Lady of the Snow	Santa Maria (OT)	August 5
St. John the Baptist	Commenda
San Francesco da Paola	San Janni	June 24
Santa Lucia e St. Hippolytus	Old Town	December 8 and August 14
Jesus Merciful	Santo Stefano	June 7
St. Augustine	Sant'Agostino
St. John	Old Town

• Church of Saint Mary Major

The church matrix is at the end of course that connects directly to the castle and was built in the 12th century. The church has a Latin cross plan with 3 aisles, above the main door there is a rosette of the same age. The earthquakes and the usury of time have forced the renovators to cover the old columns with rectangular pillars but does not affect the beauty. Upon are visible, carved in stone, 2 friezes: an open book, to the right; two keys crossed, to the left. Inside the Church there are works of art, including paintings by Cristoforo Santanna, Giuseppe Pascaletti and Giuseppe Grana; wood sculptures and marble sculptures too.

• Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Constantinople

The Church in the center of Rende was built around 1600 but it currently shows dating back to 1719. The exterior, it shows a facade with a hut. At the top is a great colored glass window depicting the Virgin of Constantinople with the Child. On the right side is the sacristy, surmounted by the bell tower. The interior is a Latin cross, and is full of decorations that form a ring around a beautiful altar in a polychrome marbles probably made Neapolitan. At transept of the dome with Madonna in Glory of Constantinople frescoed tempera from Achille Capizzano. Inside the religious place, on the left, is situated a chapel dedicated to the Holy Mary of Constantinople with the statue of the Virgin and an icon painted in oils on copper, commonly called 'Macchietta'. On 15 May 1978, at the decree of Archbishop Archbishop of Cosenza, Enea Selis, the church was raised to the honors of the Shrine. The celebrations use 40 days after Easter, the Tuesday following the Sunday of Pentecost. Very valuable, are the paintings on canvas and painting in the Church are in the choir by Cristoforo Santanna the Allegory of Our Lady of Constantinople dated 1777. The Sanctuary has a museum area where they are exposed vestments used in past centuries to officiate the Mass. The museum also exposed several silverware, as Pissidi, Glasses, Crosses, Ostensori dating back to nearly the 18th century.

• Church of 'Ritiro'

This church is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel built in the Norman period. Restored several times, only the portal with the two columns on the sides remains from the original facade. The plan is a Greek cross and on each side there are baroque chapels. Under the four arches that form the dome were raised four statues depicting the Prudence, Fortress, Justice, Temperance. Many paintings, some of them Pascaletti and Santanna, adorn the church. Also inside are preserved even sculptures in wood and marble.

• Church of the Rosary

Immediately below the castle, on the square of the Seggio, there is the church of Rosary with eighteenth baroque style. On the front, entirely cut stone, four stand out niches in shell and pleasing decorations that make it one of the most beautiful churches in the area. Inside are stored objects of great value, many of them present in the Inventory of the Art Objects in Italy. During the Christmas days is possible to see the Crib with statuettes of 1700.

• Church of St. Francis of Assisi

The church, with the adjoining convent, was built in 1500. Restored several times, it maintains a baroque aspect. The exterior facade presents a staircase in a semicircle that allows to come into the convent, where there are still some frescoes, sadly very faded. Inside the church are works of Cristoforo Santanna, Francesco De Mura and other valuable paintings by unknown author, and very precious sculptures in wood and marble.

• Church of St. Charles Borromeo

Adjacent to the 'villaggio Europa' is the church dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, the plant's construction is circular. The large size of the structure makes visible, even from afar, the semispherical particular dome, which reaches 30 meters high. The geometric structure takes the form of a visual effect of great charm. The entrance opened on the facade has a higher portal. Inside, the images of the path of Jesus are very attractive.

• Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

Near the 'Robinson park' rises this church recently built. Entirely made of reinforced concrete, with the use of special prefabricated panels, ensuring an excellent thermal and acoustic insulation. The interior is illuminated by a large colored window, placed behind the altar.

• Church of Saint Anthony of Padua

The complex houses the church over the convent of Friars Minor. As a modern concept, combining modern architecture, the functionality of Greek theater: the altar is placed at a lower level than the rest of the building in a semicircle. In the high cusp were included 24 windows and vertical cracks placed behind the altar.

• Church of St. Paul the Apostle

The complex, which also houses the Dehonians was recently built in place of an abandoned building. The interior of the church is quite austere, rectangular, lacks decorative elements, apart from the large wooden cross behind the altar and 14 depictions of the Passion of Christ. Outside the building stands a cross-shaped tàu, with a blank heart-shaped at the top, which symbolizes the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

• Church of Our Lady of the Consolation (loc. Arcavacata)

The single aisle inside is decorated on the sides from some cadres and big doors, which are preserved statues, one of which is that of Our Lady of the Consolation

• Church of St. Francis of Paola (loc. Surdo)

This church was built as private chapel of the Zagarese family. Several times restored, inside there is a statue of the Saint and one of the Our Lady of the Rosary.

• Church of Trinity

Church recently, is located on the left side of the river Surdo, near Linze. The facade is rectangular with a small triangle in the upper center and the entrance gate, between two arches that cross, faces a semicircle on the staircase that extends over the square dedicated to Mgr. Trabalzini. Inside there is a wide aisle with semicircular structure.

• Church of Our Lady of Montserrat

The church is located close to an older building, but there are only a few remains dedicated to Saint Mary of Montserrat and was once private chapel of the Magdalone family.

• Church of Our Lady of the Consolation (loc. Santo Stefano)

This church stands on possessions belonged to the Magdalone family. The interior of the church is very simple and without any particular nuances, while the external aspect is very pleasant with a small courtyard outside and a dome composed of twelve file terracotta tiles.

• Church of the Virgin of Mercy

It rises near the "Guardiula" and is one of the oldest churches, shows a fragment within the year 1117. Restored several times, on the right side there is a tower of modern design.

• Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

The small building rises not far from the old church rebuilt several times and destroyed by a landslide. The old chapel were two columns, which still are the pillars of the new, and a marble bas-relief: the miracle of Saint James in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Very attractive is also a tempera by Donato Magli portraying Our Lady Assumpts in heaven. During the celebrations still perform ancient games, as the race of sacks, the breaking of pignatte attached to a rope suspended in the air and many others.

• Church of St. Anthony Abbot

Small church located not far from the castle. During the celebrations, it is used to distribute to the faithful small pieces of unleavened bread called "chucchjiddru", in the evening of that day, on the square in front of the building, a bonfire is lit with old furniture and wood for the opportunity.

• Church of St. Roch

By this small church for a long time was running the monastery of Saints Peter and Paul. The entrance is covered by a small atrium that is newer than the rest of the building, the interior is very simple with some paintings and two small statues.

• Church of Our Lady of the Snow

This small church has kept an oil painting of Our lady of the Snow, by Andrea Carino. An exhibit rock indicates the date of its construction in 1609.

• Church of St. John the Baptist

The land on which the church stands as one of the church of St. Anthony Abbot belonged to the Supreme Military Order of Malta. The building was erected from the abbey-commendatory Giuseppe D'Aquino and inside there is a statue of St. John the Baptist.

• Church of St. Francis of Paola (S. Janni)

Immersed in a fresh chestnut holds a sacred relic: a thorn in the crown of Jesus. Inside the building also 2 wooden statues and a picture of the saint.

• Church of Jesus Merciful

The building is located not far from where once held the largest fair of the Municipality. The new building is located on a slightly raised ground and is entrusted to the Dehonians.

• Church of Saint Lucy and St. Hippolytus

The building almost be confused with civil houses that are contiguous to it. A few steps away is classic and simple inside where they kept the statues of St. Lucy and St. Hippolytus

• Church of Saint Augustine

This little building was the first private chapel of the family Spada, once owner of the ridge where the church. Above the altar there is a framework oil depicting the Holy.