40°48′58″N 15°14′00″E / 40.81611°N 15.23333°E
Sanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella | |
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Basilica Santuario di San Gerardo Maiella | |
Location | Materdomini, Campania, Italy |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Website | www |
History | |
Former name(s) | Sancta Maria de Silere (1200–1527) |
Status | Minor basilica |
Founded | 1200 |
Dedication | Saint Gerard Majella |
Consecrated | August 31, 1929 |
Architecture | |
Style | Neoclassical |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia |
The Sanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella, co-located with the Basilica of Santa Maria Mater Domini, (Italian: Basilica Santuario di San Gerardo Maiella) is a Roman Catholic church and monastery complex in Materdomini, a frazione of Caposele in the Province of Avellino and the Campania region of Italy. The newer sanctuary is a shrine to Saint Gerard Majella, while the older church is dedicated in the name of Santa Maria Mater Domini and holds the ecclesiastical rank of minor basilica.[1]