About
In this magnificent hermitage, a sacred stone is claimed to have healing powers.
A short trek from the small town of Raiano, in the Italian region of Abruzzo, exposes visitors to narrow gorges and rugged mountains that rise above. Nestled on a rocky outcrop and partly built across the gorges is a medieval hermitage named after Saint Venantius, martyr and patron of the university town of Camerino. Like other sites around Abruzzo, hermits inspired by the life of Pope Celestine V fashioned hermitages, chapels, and small sanctuaries out of the rocky outcrops, gorges, and caves across this wild, rugged region.
