Territorial Abbey of Montevergine

The Territorial Abbey of Montevergine (Latin: Territorialis Abbatia Montisvirginis) is a Latin Church territorial abbey located in the commune of Montevergine in the ecclesiastical province of Benevento in Italy.

About 1120 William of Vercelli founded an abbey of eremitic inspiration dedicated to the Holy Virgin.

It was consecrated in 1124 on Mons Sacer, so called because of the ruins of a temple of Cybele.

[1] Catherine of Valois and her son, Louis I of Naples, are buried in the abbey.

The new basilica, built in 1961, is home to a 13th-century Byzantine icon of a black Madonna.

Madonna di Montevergine
A picture of the basilica inside the Abbey of Montevergine. It is a long hallway bathed in warm candlelight, and Renaissance-era depictions of Mother Mary's life.
The basilica inside the Abbey of Montevergine, 2017.