Santa Maria in Gruptis

Santa Maria in Gruptis is a former abbey located in the comune of Vitulano, in the Campania region of Southern Italy.

[1][2] The oldest recorded name was Santa Maria di Monte Drago, in reference to the mountain where the abbey is located.

[5] The former abbey is located at an elevation of 607 metres above sea level,[6] on Mount Drago, one of the mountains composing the Taburno Camposauro massif, in the province of Benevento.

It was deconsecrated by Cardinal Orsini (later Pope Benedict XIII) in 1705 because of its state of neglect and the continued attacks by brigands, who later used it as a refuge because of its strategic position.

[7][4] The parchments produced in the abbey were bought at the beginning of the 19th century by antiquarians, and were donated by their heirs to the Società Napoletana di Storia Patria (it), where they are still kept.