Convent of Colfano
The Convento di Colfano of Convento di San Francesco di Colfano is a Franciscan order, Roman Catholic convent and church located in a rural site just off National road 502 (kilometer 66) outside of the town of Camporotondo di Fiastrone, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy.
History
[edit]Tradition holds the convent was founded by Francis himself. The convent, as typical of many Franciscan convents, was located outside of the walls of the village, about a kilometer of road east of the hill-top town of Camporotondo, in the frazione of Colfano. The name of the neighborhood derives from mount of the Fanum, a rural pagan temple. Near the monastery, the Friars Minor of the convent maintain a hermitage with a Grotto of the Friars.[1]
The rustic stone church of San Francesco associated with the convent has an altarpiece depicting the Virgin of the Devotion (1490) by Nobilis De Luca.[2]
It also houses a Crucifixion with the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, St John Evangelist, and St Francis also attributed to Nobilis, and a Holy Family,(1547) signed by Giovanni Andrea de Magistris.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Province of Macerata, places of faith.
- ^ Tourism province of Macerata.
- ^ Tourism office of the Marche, entry on church.