Sant'Angelo a Segno

This church recalls the apparition of St Michael, the church's patron, alongside the army of Giacomo di Marra and the bishop Sant'Agnello of Naples (also called Sant'Aniello Abate) during a 6th-century repulse of besieging Lombards. The church was called a Segno (a sign) because it putatively had a nail driven into the marble as a testament that here was the limit of Lombard penetration into Naples. Other sources anachronistically invoke battles against the Saracens.[https://books.google.com/books?ei=EwtlUIrVEaGvyQGWrIHQCw Le chiese di Napoli] By Luigi Catalani, page 120.

A plaque at the front door still commemorates the victory of in Neapolitan forces over the Lombards. A church at the site likely dates to the 7th century, although the present structure dates to a reconstruction in 1825 by Luigi Malesi. The artworks once inside the church are now in the Museo di Capodimonte: including a Circumcision of Christ (1622) by Simon Vouet, St Thomas of Canterbury, a work by a member of the school of Giovanni Balducci, Santa Rosa, by Simonelli, a member of the school of Luca Giordano, and the main altarpiece of St Michael Archangel by Francesco Pagano. The church is closed for worship.[http://www.napoligrafia.it/monumenti/chiese/monumentali/angeloSegno/angeloSegno01.htm Napoligrafia website], entry on church.[http://www.ilportaledelsud.org/s_angelo_a_segno.htm Il Portale del Sud] website, entry by Ciro La Rosa.

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