{"id":925,"date":"2025-05-25T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/church-of-st-mary-of-jesus\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T22:04:31","slug":"church-of-st-mary-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/church-of-st-mary-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of St. Mary of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfa7 STAGE 8 &#8211; CHURCH OF SAINT MARY OF JESUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the Church of Saint Mary of Jesus, one of the oldest sacred places in Bisacquino. <strong>Founded in 1678<\/strong>, this one-room church represents a perfect example of the northern and local religious tradition. In 1908 the facade was remodeled, resulting in a linear, gabled fa\u00e7ade, devoid of decoration and characterized by a local stone lintel that welcomes worshippers at the entrance. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside, the decorative language is entirely inspired by the eighteenth-century style: <strong>polished white stucco<\/strong>, <strong>elegant cornices, and pilasters that punctuate the space.<\/strong> The floor, made of concrete by local architect <strong>Alberto Guarino<\/strong>, is embellished with circular designs that recall the ornamental tradition of the time and lend an atmosphere of great restraint and beauty. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most precious items kept by the church is the <strong>painting on slate, dating from the 1700s, depicting the miraculous effigy of the Madonna and Child Jesus<\/strong>. Tradition has it that this painting was brought from Rome by Fra Innocenzo da Chiusa, of the Observant Minorites.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the story, <strong>Brother Innocent<\/strong>, finding relief from fatigue thanks to the<strong>blessed water from a nearby fountain<\/strong>, drew inspiration from it, and from that moment the painting was the object of deep faith and popular veneration.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with the coeval bell tower, also made of stone and reminiscent of the typical seventeenth-century style, the church as a whole stands as a living testimony to the religious and artistic history of the area. The fusion of ancient elements with 20th-century renovations enriches this sacred space, making it a place of silent meditation and deep cultural identity for Bisacquinesi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfa7 STAGE 8 &#8211; CHURCH OF SAINT MARY OF JESUS Welcome to the Church of Saint Mary of Jesus, one of the oldest sacred places in Bisacquino. Founded in 1678, this one-room church represents a perfect example of the northern and local religious tradition. In 1908 the facade was remodeled, resulting in a linear, gabled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-925","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-02 11:29:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}