Hermitage of Santa Maria del Cauto, Romanesque hermitage in Morino, Italy.

The Hermitage of Santa Maria del Cauto is a church and hermitage built into a limestone rock face at 1,173 metres in the Zompo lo Schioppo Nature Reserve, on the Abruzzo–Lazio border. A round arch supports the structure; inside are a barrel-vaulted ceiling, a small apse cut into the rock, and murals of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Clement of Rome. Two tombs stand at the entrance.

The first certain record dates to 1174, when the monks of the hermitage disputed the clerics of San Giovanni in Celano over consecrating holy oils for Maundy Thursday. In 1188 it passed to the Abbey of Casamari in Veroli, after earlier ties to the Diocese of the Marsi and the Abbey of Trisulti. By the mid-17th century the building had long been abandoned and in ruins.

The interior walls display medieval frescoes showing scenes from Saint Catherine of Alexandria's life and a portrait of Saint Clement of Rome. These religious images reveal the spiritual devotion that developed at this remote location.

From Morino, take trail 602b ("delle Scalelle") past the artificial reservoir; about 670 m of elevation gain leads to the hermitage in roughly two hours. The Lazio side is reached from the Trisulti charterhouse or Campocatino di Guarcino (FR).

The building incorporates natural rock formations, with portions carved directly into the stone. A barrel-vaulted ceiling and small apse are cut directly into the rocky face, giving the structure its distinctive physical character.