Santa Chiara, Isernia
| Santa Chiara | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Region |  Molise |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Location | |
| Location | Isernia, Molise |
  Shown within Molise  Santa Chiara, Isernia (Italy) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°35′27″N 14°13′39″E / 41.5907°N 14.2275°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Isernia in the region of Molise, Italy.
History
The historian G. Vincenzo Ciarlanti assigned the founding of a church at this site to 1275 commissioned by an Alferio di Isernia. Adjacent to the church was the convent of Santa Maria Annunziata di Agnone, butthis was sold to the Celestine monks who were housed in the Monastery della Maiella. The monastery was suppressed in 1809. At the end of the 19th-century, an earthquake forced the closure of the church until 1910. During the first world war, prisoners of the Austria-Hungary were housed in the convent.
The church still contains wooden altars, one from the 16th century. The main altarpiece depicts the Virgin between St Francis and St Clare. The altar on the left has a canvas depicting the Virgin surrounded by Apostles'. The church was once adjacent to a home for female orphans, founded in 1896 and with care provided by by Servite nuns.[1]
References
- ^ Isernia Province, tourism office, entry on church.
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