[1] It is located on the hill of the same name[2] and dedicated to the Sant'Egidio (Italian: Saint Giles).

[2] The building, in rural Romanesque style, has a quadrangular facade with a small compartment for the bell carved out of an upper corner.

The door lintel bears an inscription dated 1675, the year the town invoked the Saint's help to overcome the plague.

Another inscription, inside a coat of arms above the entrance, contains the date and names of the three citizens of Scanno who promoted the 1780 restoration.

[2] The interior of the single-nave church holds a simple altar with side niches surrounded by cornices and, near the entrance, two stoups depicting masks with faces of fantastic animals.