Montepeloso

Montepeloso stands on a hill above the Bradano valley in Basilicata, its cathedral overlooking the surrounding farmland. In the fifteenth century the priest Roberto de Mabilia brought a remarkable gift from Padua to his native town: a relic of Saint Euphemia accompanied by paintings, statues, a font and illuminated books. The cathedral was rebuilt in 1777, but the works and the saint's cult preserved a connection between the Lucanian hill town and the artistic world of northern Italy.