The village claims to be the birthplace of Celestine V, the pope who gave up the throne after a few months; and it makes the claim knowing it has no papers to prove it. There is one clue, though: the parish church began in the thirteenth century as a chapel dedicated to Pietro da Morrone, and for centuries it was called San Pietro Celestino.
Rebuilt in baroque form in 1695, the church keeps a medieval wooden tabernacle and a piece of old walling with a Latin inscription. You get there by climbing the medieval bastions, three tiers of arcading that once served as walls. The population is 348.
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📅 Every year, on 19 May
On 19 May Sant'Angelo Limosano, a municipality of 348 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso, celebrates its patron Saint Peter Celestine, Pope Celestine V, who according to some sources was born here.
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