Convento della Santissima Trinità, Franciscan monastery in Baronissi, Italy.
Convento della Santissima Trinità is a Franciscan monastery situated on elevated ground in Baronissi. The complex includes a main church building, residential quarters for the religious community, and a guesthouse offering double and triple rooms with private bathrooms.
The 1212 founding attributed to Blessed Simone d'Assisi is not accepted by historical criticism; the friary and church certainly existed by the first half of the 15th century, when Observants lived there in 1449 and friars Paolo da Olevano sul Tusciano and Bernardo da Capaccio died there in 1451. A fire struck the complex in 1532, and on 12 November 1594 it passed to the Reformed friars. Suppressed in 1866, it was bought back by the friars in 1892 for 18,000 lire.
The convent's name comes from the church of the Santissima Trinità, and its Latin title, Conventus Ssmae Trinitatis Sabae Terrae S. Severini, ties it to the Sava district. The refectory holds an fresco by Angelo and Francesco Solimena of Jesus served by angels in the desert, dated 1681; opposite, a 1723 fresco of the Wedding at Cana carries the Ricciardi monogram. Wool working was recorded here from 1621 until the 1866 suppression.
The monastery offers accommodation in a guesthouse with comfortable rooms and full amenities for visitors. It is best to arrange your visit in advance to ensure availability and to respect the community's daily schedule.
The friars ran a wool workshop here: the first record of the lanificio dates to 1621, and in 1841 they bought spinning and carding equipment. After the convent was suppressed in 1866 the machinery was lost and the activity ended. In the refectory, the 1681 fresco of Jesus served by angels is by Angelo and Francesco Solimena.
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