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The old Benedictine abbey church of S. Angelo del Rosario is now in ruins: for at least the second time in its history, it is being rebuilt. |
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In this pulled-back view, we see that it has been used as a farmhouse; compare the more recent farmhouse, built as such, on the main Budino page. |
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A careful look at the lower courses of stone: those large neat blocks of travertine came from some Roman building connected with the Via Flaminia that passed just a few hundred meters S of the abbey. |
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Around the side of the church, we see more of those large solid blocks of Roman stone: as very often thruout Umbria, the medieval masons put them to the best use, strengthening the corners of the building. |
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The Roman presence becomes clearer still with the sarcophagus. Budino lies just off the Via Flaminia 4 km from Foligno and 3 more to Bevagna: both towns were large, and in the tombs that accumulated over the centuries along the road, there must have been no shortage of watering troughs and other building material. |
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Pio Sexto Pontifici Maximo
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To Pius VI, supreme pontiff
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The funds and purpose of the late‑20c renovation have not yet been marked with a tablet; when the work is done, I hope there will be one. Sant' Angelo has not been used as a church for many years, and frankly, there are neither the parishioners nor the priests, nor probably the monastic community in search of a home, to warrant returning it to liturgical use: I suspect it will be converted to an agriturismo at some point.
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In any case, a good sturdy cellar is always useful. |
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