Basilicas in Italy—Molise
Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St. Pardus, Larino, Campobasso
Declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1928.
The church is the co-cathedral for the Diocese of Termoli-Larino. It was built in the 13th Century in a Gothic style. Over the years, other styles were incorporated but a 19th Century renovation restored its Gothic features.
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Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary of the Purification, Termoli, Campobasso
Declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1947.
The church is the cathedral for the Diocese of Termoli-Larino. It was built in the 13th Century in a Romanesque style to replace an 11th Century church. It contains the tomb of St. Timothy.
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Basilica Shrine of the Sorrowful Virgin Mary, Castelpetroso, Isernia
Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2013.
The Virgin Mary appeared to two young shepherd girls on this site in 1888. This neo-Gothic church was built beginning in 1890 to commemorate the apparitions. Because of wars and other disruptions, the church was not completed until 1975.
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