Oratory of San Fedele, Romanesque oratory in Sorico, Italy

The Oratory of San Fedele, also called Tempietto di San Fedelino, is a small stone church with a nearly square plan measuring about 3.4 by 3.5 metres. Its west facade is set against the earth, and a semicircular apse with three pairs of hanging arches and a brick band closes the east end. Inside, a ribbed cross vault rests on corner corbels, one carved as an anthropomorphic mask.

The oratory stands on the spot where Saint Fedele, protomartyr of the Church of Como, was beheaded around 303–305 under Diocletian and Maximian. A small shrine was built there and later forgotten; according to tradition, the relics were rediscovered in 964 after a local woman's dream, and Bishop Gualdone had them moved to Como. The present building is documented in 973 and served as a small fort for ducal troops from 1624 to 1627.

The building is named after Saint Fedele, reflecting how local communities honored their holy figures in medieval times. You can observe the simple stone walls and rounded arches that reveal how people expressed their faith through architecture.

The oratory stands on the western shore of Lake Mezzola, in Sorico territory, but belongs to the parish of Novate Mezzola; today the road runs along the eastern shore, so the site is reached on foot. Two round-arched doorways, one south and one north, open onto the path linking Albonico and Casenda di Samolaco. The west facade is set against the ground.

The church stands on the western shore of Lake Mezzola in Sorico, in the province of Como, but belongs to the parish of Novate Mezzola in the province of Sondrio. The old Via Regina, the road linking Como to the Alpine passes, ran past it, and in the 1600s the Grisons kept small frontier entrenchments here.