Morgia Sant'Angelo, Cave church and rock formation in Cerreto Sannita, Italy.

Morgia Sant'Angelo is a cave church carved into a limestone rock formation in Cerreto Sannita with multiple altars cut directly into the stone walls. The natural cave structure creates an underground chapel accessible through a straightforward entrance from the base of the outcrop.

The Longobards transformed this cave into a sacred space dedicated to the Archangel Michael around 700 AD. The site remained an important religious center for the local population throughout the medieval period and beyond.

The rock is nicknamed "la leonessa" for its profile, which resembles a crouching lioness and is visible from a distance. The cave below was used for the cult of San Michele Arcangelo, and similar grotto chapels to the Archangel were founded at Guardia Sanframondi, Faicchio and Gioia Sannitica. A hermit lived in a small house there to guard the cave.

The rock sits in the cese district of Cerreto Sannita, near the Ripe del Corvo rock complex, and is reached on foot from the surrounding countryside. The cave at its base is a natural shelter rather than a built chapel, so expect uneven ground and no lighting; a torch helps. The site was cleaned up in 2000 by the Comunità Montana del Titerno.

The "morgia" is not a single limestone block but several banks of Miocene sediment, and its lioness shape comes from millennia of physical, chemical and mechanical erosion. It measures 35 m along the flank, 17 m across the face, 18 m for the head, 35 m at maximum height and 97 m in total circumference.