Church of San Menna | |
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41°5′19″N 14°30′13″E / 41.08861°N 14.50361°E | |
Location | Sant'Agata de' Goti, Campania, Italy |
Address | Piazza Castello, snc |
Denomination | Catholic |
History | |
Founder(s) | Robert of Alife |
Dedication | Menna |
Consecrated | September 4, 1100 |
Architecture | |
Style | Romanesque (church) Baroque (atrium) |
Groundbreaking | late 11th century or early 12th century |
Completed | by 1108 |
The church of San Menna, formerly San Pietro, is a Catholic place of worship in Sant'Agata de' Goti, in the province of Benevento and diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti.
The church, dedicated on Sept. 4, 1100 by Pope Paschal II and built a few years earlier at the behest of Count Robert of Alife, holds within it important testimonies of Romanesque art in southern Italy, such as the oldest presbyteral structure with most of the original elements still in place,[1] as well as the oldest opus sectile floor,[2] both modeled after the Desiderian basilica of Montecassino.