Convent de Le Celle, Cortona

Local nameEremo Le Celle
LocationCortona, Italy

The Convent de Le Celle is a 13th-century Franciscan Convent located in Le Celle, just outside Cortona, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is also referred to as the Convento delle Celle or Eremo Le Celle.A small hermitage was erected here in circa 1211 or 1221, and it briefly housed St Francis of Assisi himself in his lifetime. In 1235, Brother Elias of Cortona, Minister general of the Franciscans at the death of the founder, erected a sanctuary, refectory and five monk cells of similar size to the one that Francis himself had used. Monks remained at the site for nearly a century, then the monastery was almost abandoned.

The structures passed to the parish and were occupied by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin monks in 1537, who dedicated the church to the St Michael Archangel. This order was dedicated to a more eremitic lifestyle befitting this rural site.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_de_Le_Celle,_Cortona

Phone +39 0575 603362

Address (Unnamed Road), 52044, Italy

Coordinates 43°17'38.871" N 12°0'2.789" E

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