Monastero della Santissima Trinità

A local landowner gave a vineyard here to Prior Guido of Camaldoli in 1209 and Bishop Giovanni de' Conti gave him permission to build a church and Camaldolesian monastery here in the following year.  It was confirmed as a possession of Camaldoli in 1219 (by the Emperor Henry VI) and in 1227 (by Pope Gregory IX).

Pope Eugene IV united this monastery with San Severo in 1447, and the monks moved there in 1484, leaving their original church and monastery to dereliction.The monastery ruins provided materials for the rebuilding of San Severo in 1745. 

The church was partially demolished in 1793 to make way for the Via San Girolamo.  Its apse survives in the form of a small chapel that is in private ownership.

Return to Walk IV.