Routes
Faith
Paduli
Cliffs
Naturalistic/Archaeological
Clear routes
Clear map
Categories
Civil Architecture
Military Architecture
Religious Architecture
Rural Architecture
Archeology
Industrial Archaeology
Landscape and Nature
Natural Parks
Site multilayered
Ages
Contemporary
Medieval
Medieval-Modern
Messapica
Messapian-Roman
Moderna
Pre-proto
Romana
Roman-Medieval
Chiesa di Santo Stefano Protomatire (en)
Route: Paduli
Chiesa di Santo Stefano Protomatire (en)


The church presents a mono-apex façade, framed between two pilasters, following the Neoclassical style. On the portal is an ovoid-shaped niche in which the image of St. Stephen kneeling is painted, with his white tunic and a cross-signed diaconal, on a Palestinian landscape background. Standing arrear is the square bell tower of 1892, on top of which is a statue of the saint. The most notable surviving element of the medieval chapel is the central part of the façade; it was saved because, in subsequent reconstructions and renovations, it had been first used as posterior wall then as a dividing wall between the space behind the altar and the room for the sacristy in the current building. The interior, with a single nave, contains a wooden statue of St. Stephen (1844), a statue of the Immaculate (XVII sec.) in the stones with which the saint was lapidated, a reliquary of St. Stephen in silver dating back to the half of 18th century. The cross with the symbols of the Passion of Christ is highly significant, particularly in the level of devotion, and is carried in procession during the Good Friday.
Roma 102, Taurisano

current use:
Near the church, the festivities for St. Stephen and the solemn procession are held.

bibliography sources:
Comune di Taurisano R. Orlando, Taurisano. Guida alla storia, all’arte, al folklore, Galatina 1996.

historical information:
The actual church of Saint Stephen Protomartyr was built in 1796 on the foundations of a church from 1654, also dedicated to St. Stephen. This preexistent church was built on an older edifice from the Byzantine period. The church was the site of the first parish of the town from the second half of the fifteenth century until the end of the sixteenth century.
Info
property:
Municipal
managing body:
Comune di Taurisano
contact person:
Comune di Taurisano
opening hours:
Closed
accessibility:
Accessible
current use:
Near the church, the festivities for St. Stephen and the solemn procession are held.
conservation:
Good
period of construction:
1796
local name:
Chiesa di Santo Stefano
origin of place-name:
The feast of the patron Saint Stephen Protomartyr occurs on the first Sunday of August, according to the calendar of the Orthodox Church. The worship of St. Stephen was probably introduced in Taurisano by Italian-Greek monks in the first half of the eleventh century.  He is traditionally known as the protector against the throwing of stones, thus patron saint of the limestone sculptors or workers of “carcara "(a very ancient art of the limestone production and until a few years ago local was a very important economic activity) and protector of crops from hailstorms.
historical information:
The actual church of Saint Stephen Protomartyr was built in 1796 on the foundations of a church from 1654, also dedicated to St. Stephen. This preexistent church was built on an older edifice from the Byzantine period. The church was the site of the first parish of the town from the second half of the fifteenth century until the end of the sixteenth century.
bibliography sources:
telephone number:
0833626411
num gps:
32
Related Point of interest
Distance from:
Chiesa di Santo Stefano Protomatire (en)
4 m
Casa Vanini (en)
Roma 44, Taurisano
27 m
Palazzo Ducale Lopez y Royo (en)
Piazza Castello, Taurisano
44 m
Chiesa della Trasfigurazione (en)
Corso Umberto I, 119, Taurisano
46 m
Ipogeo La Scalea (Palazzo Colonna) (en)
Corso Umberto I, 198, Taurisano
209 m
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Strada (en)
Corso Umberto I, 17, Taurisano
661 m