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Basilica di San Vicinio

The Basilica di San Vicinio overlooks Piazza Tito Maccio Plauto, the heart of social life in Sarsina. The town's main place of worship, the basilica was built between the 10th and 11th centuries on the remains of an older building dating from Roman or Palaeochristian times. It has the typical architecture of the Romanesque style: above the entrance door, a mosaic lunette depicts San Vicinio and his miraculous collar.

Good to know

  • The Basilica di San Vicinio is the cathedral of the Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina.
  • The basilica is known for housing the famous chain (collar) of San Vicinio. According to tradition, San Vicinio, bishop of Sarsina, was chosen directly by God, and during prayer and penance he wore an iron collar weighted with a stone. Today it is believed that wearing that collar and receiving a blessing wards off demonic possession.

Photo credits - Iat Sarsina, Giampaolo Bernabini

More monuments in Sarsina

Mausoleo di ObulaccoThe Mausoleo di Obulacco is a funerary monument dedicated to Aulo Murcio Obulacco, discovered in 1929 in the necropolis of Pian di Bezzo.Read more
Piazza Tito Maccio PlautoThe area coincides with the ancient Foro Romano: finds and architectural elements discovered here suggest that this was the centre of the civitas.Read more

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