ABBEY SANTA MARIA DELLA SAMBUCINA

Dears reader, let's go to know Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria della Sambucina Located near Luzzi (CS), built by Normans in 1062.

In 1131 with the approval of king (Hauteville dynasty) Roger II, it passed under the Cistercian oder.

Its history is inextricably linked with that of the Order of Cistercians which played a leading role in the religious history of the 12th century, imposing itself, with its organization and its spiritual authority, throughout the West



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Conclusions - the abbey nowadays is much smaller, because largely destroyed by a landslide in 1569.

Once upon a time there was also a very large "scriptorium", with an adjoining calligraphic school for the copying and illumination of ancient codes, meticulous work which contributed to the conservation of classical literary sources.


CALABRIAN HERITAGE

Dott. Giuseppe Lombardo

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