Basilicas in Italy—Campania 4

Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Philip Neri, Guardia Sanframondi, Benevento

Declared a minor basilica by John Paul II in 1989.

The Baroque church was built in the late 1600s after an earthquake destroyed its predecessor.  

The first picture is from the basilica website and the other two are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady of Loreto, Forio, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

Parts of the church date in the early 1300s, but it was primarily built in its current form in 1580.  Additions and renovations have been done in later centuries.  The church has many works of art.

Both pictures are from local websites.

Basilica Shrine of Our Lady and Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist, Mondragone, Caserta

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1990.

The Basilica was built by local rulers in the 16th Century on the site of an earlier 14th Century Gothic church.  It was expanded and renovated in the 18th Century and again just recently.  Today it has touches of Renaissance and Baroque.  The church has a Byzantine-style icon called the “Madonna Incaldana” whose origins are murky, but likely date to the 14th Century. 

All pictures are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of the Annunciation, Vitulano, Benevento

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1991.

The church was consecrated in 1715 and is administered by the Franciscans.

Both pictures are from local sources

Basilica of St. Maurin Abbot, Casoria, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

Portions of the church (notably the façade) date to the 9th Century, but the current church was completed in 1621.  St. Maurin was a disciple of St. Benedict.

The first two pictures are from local sources, the third is from Pinterest, and the last from Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Restituta, Lacco Ameno, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2001.

This church was ordered to be constructed by the Emperor Constantine in the 4th Century.  It was once the cathedral for Naples and is now a chapel of the current cathedral.  (It is smaller than it once was.)  Originally Gothic, it was renovated in the 17th and 18th Centuries using a Baroque style.

The top picture is from a local source and the rest are from Wikipedia.

Basilica of the Body of Christ, Maddaloni, Caserta

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

A chapel was built here in the 16th Century and was replaced by the current Neapolitan Baroque church in the 18th Century.

Pictures are from local sources.

Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Afragola, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2004.

The Baroque church was erected by the Franciscans in the 17th Century.

Pictures are from a local source and TripAdvisor.

Basilica of St. Sossius, Frattamaggiore, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

The Romanesque and Lombard style church was built between the 10th and 13th Centuries.  It was built by a man who had escaped an attack by the Saracens.

The first two pictures are from local sources and the last is from Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Lucy of the Sea, Naples, Naples

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

There has been a church here since at least the 9th Century and it received its name because the church used to be near the shoreline, which has shifted.  A 19th Century church was replaced by the current Neo-Renaissance church after the Second World War.  The Italian actor, Toto, visited the church in 1957.  A serious eye disorder prevented him from working.  After this visit (St. Lucy is the patron saint of eye diseases) and additional treatment, he was able to return to work.

The first picture is from TripAdvisor and the other two are from Wikipedia.

Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and St. Stephen the Bishop, Caiazzo, Caserta

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2013.

The Basilica is the co-cathedral for the Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo.  The church is thought to be built on the ruins of a Roman temple and is thus quite old.  It has been renovated over the centuries.

From a local source.

Basilica of Our Lady of Carpignano, Grottaminarda, Avellino

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2019.

A painting of the Virgin and Child was discovered in 1150 and a small church was built.  The current church was built in the 19th Century and in 1901 was entrusted to the Mercedarian Fathers.  The painting today is mostly a 16th Century reproduction.  The church was almost entirely rebuilt after a 1980 earthquake.

All pictures are from the basilica website.