from the Greek gamio, of the wedding (with probable reference to those of Cana) the church is a construction of Byzantine origin, probably built around the centuries X and XI B.C. from the analysis of some ancient parchment fragments can be inferred that the Byzantine rite has remained in use until 1568, the year of the consecration of the Church to the Latin rite.
The church is accessed by a gate in the iron, built and placed on the place in the second half of the XIX century. In front of the gate there are two ports, one of which is used as the input of the Church. The oldest door was built by a certain Giovanni The Boiled of Altomonte at the beginning of 1600, with external stuccos made by Pascale Morello in 1757-58, while the other port was made in 1872, following the work of elongation of the building.
The interior of the church is rich in works of art, has three naves. The nave has a majestic coffered ceiling carved wooden and indorati, work of the craftsmen Lanfusa Jacono and Vincenzo de Untiis that realized between 1619 and 1628. The only chapel of the church is dedicated to Saint Innocent Martyr, patron saint of the parish. The statue of Sant’Innocenzo was purchased in Naples in 1831, and placed on a marble altar built in 1772 by the Neapolitan artist Marino Palmieri on which was previously placed the statue of the Madonna of the Nativity, then translated in the high altar.
In the sacristy is preserved a beautiful Polyptych on the table of the half of the Sixteenth Century, between whose depictions stand out San Biagio and San Francesco di Paola. At the base of the structure, under two columns are placed the coats of arms of the Sanseverino family, lords of Saracen, and of the city. Of remarkable interest is also the underlying bench, Bottega Artigiana local, dating back to the half of the XVII century. Adjacent to the sacristy is the Museum of Sacred Art.
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