Church of San Menna

Church of San Menna
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Church of San Menna is located in Italy
Church of San Menna
Church of San Menna
41°5′19″N 14°30′13″E / 41.08861°N 14.50361°E / 41.08861; 14.50361
LocationSant'Agata de' Goti, Campania, Italy
AddressPiazza Castello, snc
DenominationCatholic
History
Founder(s)Robert of Alife
DedicationMenna
ConsecratedSeptember 4, 1100
Architecture
StyleRomanesque (church)
Baroque (atrium)
Groundbreakinglate 11th century or early 12th century
Completedby 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.

  1. ^ Gianandrea (2006, p. 166.)
  2. ^ Bertaux (1896, p. 5.)