Home > Italy > Calabria > Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria > Mammola > Santuario di San Nicodemo

Santuario di San Nicodemo

Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Mammola, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Website	:	web.archive.org/web/20070927185413/www.comunemammola.it/servizi%20culturali/arte%20e%20immagini%20del%20sagro/santuariosanni
Description	:	The following was translated from Italian by Google. The sanctuary is located about 10 km from the town of Mammola, on the Limina plateaus in the Aspromonte National Park. It is the place where St. Nicodemus lived, as an ascetic and in prayer, together with other Basilian monks, until his death (990). Born and raised in the period characterized (X century) by the strong emigration (from Sicily invaded by Muslims) of Basilian monks who came from Asia Minor, he adhered to the religious ferment aroused by them from an early age, becoming a monk. The Basilian-Byzantine Monastic Order was made up... Read More	The following was translated from Italian by Google. The sanctuary is located about 10 km from the town of Mammola, on the Limina plateaus in the Aspromonte National Park. It is the place where St. Nicodemus lived, as an ascetic and in prayer, together with other Basilian monks, until his death (990). Born and raised in the period characterized (X century) by the strong emigration (from Sicily invaded by Muslims) of Basilian monks who came from Asia Minor, he adhered to the religious ferment aroused by them from an early age, becoming a monk. The Basilian-Byzantine Monastic Order was made up of numerous monks who lived as hermits or in small communities called Cenobi. From the beginning they did not have a quiet life, not even in Calabria. The continuous raids of the Saracens on the Calabrian coasts forced them to take refuge, together with the populations of those areas, in the mountainous hinterland. Even St. Nicodemus was forced to flee and to seek a sheltered and isolated place to devote himself to the life of an ascetic. Thus it was that he arrived on Mount Kellerana where he built, around 970 (it lasted until 1807), with his disciples, a Cenobio in order to lead a life of work and prayer. Over time, the small oratory became a large monastery which soon became a religious and spiritual reference point for the other small monasteries that had sprung up in the nearby surroundings of Locride (Santa Maria di Buceti, San Biagio, San Nicola de Falla, Santa Maria di Demetriio). It was around the life of the monastery of San Nicodemo that Mammola began to be born and in 1638 it was proclaimed Patron of the town. After his death, the Cenobio sul Kellerana became a place of devotion and pilgrimage for faithful from both Locride and the nearby area of the Gioia Tauro plain, attracted by the saint's miracles on the sick and the obsessed. After a few centuries, the religious climate changed, these monasteries began to decline. Even the monks of the Abbey on the Kellerana abandoned the monastery, taking with them, however, the relics of San Nicodemo in order to keep them in the Grancia di San Biagio in Mammola. Today they are held in the Mother Church of the same town. In the sixteenth century, on the basement ruins of the ancient Cenobio (three apses exposed to the east of Byzantine origin with a Greek plan still preserved on the site), a small church was built which in 1960 was renovated with works that, on the one hand, have safeguarded the structure, on the other hand they have modified its original appearance. The interior, with a single nave, was renovated and entirely frescoed by the local painter Nik Spatari with paintings (some of which deteriorated) depicting the saint's miracles. Today the place is inhabited by a monk on a spiritual retreat. The church, with a single nave, is no longer able to contain the large influx of pilgrims who arrive here on the Sunday following May 12 on the occasion of the feast in honor of the saint. And it is for this reason that the extension of the Sanctuary is being planned to accommodate both other monks and pilgrims who flock during the year.

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Where is Santuario di San Nicodemo?
Santuario di San Nicodemo is located at Mammola, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Santuario di San Nicodemo cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?
0 memorials

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Cimitero di Antonimina
Antonimina, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.2000500, 15.6901500

2. Cimitero Comunale di Bianco
Bianco, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy

3. Cimitero di Campo Calabro
Campo Calabro, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1178800, 15.7127200

4. Cimitero di Caulonia
Caulonia, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1229200, 15.7086400

5. Cimitero Comune di Delianuova
Delianuova, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.0707300, 15.9800500

6. Cimitero di Gallicianò
Gallicianò, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.0762000, 15.7127900

7. Cimitero di Marina di Gioiosa Ionica
Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy

8. Chiesa di San Demetrio
Mosorrofa, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.2297700, 15.6532900

9. Cimitero di Mosorrofa
Mosorrofa, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.3535160, 16.4805557

10. Cimitero di Pavigliana
Pavigliana, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.3711231, 16.4667815

11. Cimitero di Pietrapennata
Pietrapennata, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1743700, 15.7022500

12. Cimitero di Roccella Ionica
Roccella Ionica, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1710900, 15.6705400

13. Cimitero di Rosali
Rosali, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.2000500, 15.6901500

14. Cimitero di Siderno Marina
Siderno, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy

15. Cimitero communale di Terreti
Terreti, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1178800, 15.7127200

16. Sepolcro della Chiesa del SS Salvatore
Terreti, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1229200, 15.7086400

17. Cimitero di Africo Vecchio
Africo Vecchio, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.0707300, 15.9800500

18. Cimitero di Armo
Armo, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.0762000, 15.7127900

19. Cimitero di Bovalino
Bovalino, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy

20. Cimitero comunale di Cannitello
Cannitello, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.2297700, 15.6532900

21. Caulonia Marina e Focà di Caulonia
Caulonia Marina, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.3535160, 16.4805557

22. Cimitero vecchio di Focà di Caulonia
Caulonia Marina, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.3711231, 16.4667815

23. Cimitero di Sambatello Diminniti
Diminniti, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1743700, 15.7022500

24. Cimitero di Gallico
Gallico, Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Coordinate: 38.1710900, 15.6705400

Santuario di San Nicodemo

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Memorials:

Nearby Cemetories: