San Francesco d'Assisi, Oria

The church was erected of acquired shortly after a visit by St Francis himself. It appears to have been a small church dedicated to the Madonna di Costantinopoli, and officiated by the Basilian monks. In 1219, a Franciscan order convent was erected alongside. The interior houses the relics of the Blessed Francesco da Durazzo and a statue of the Pietà litica once housed in the rural church of the Madonna di Gallana.^[1]

40°30′01″N 17°38′45″E / 40.5003°N 17.6458°E / 40.5003; 17.6458