In 2011, under a rock just outside the village, along the old drove road to Castel di Sangro, paintings of animals came to light: one of the first pieces of rock art found in Molise. Six years earlier, at Santa Brigida, archaeologists had brought back the Benedictine monastery of the White Mule, eleventh-century, abandoned after the earthquake of 1456.
Its bell tower has been put back up piece by piece, with its own stones. The village, 955 residents, is called Civitanova because there was an old one next door, the Civitavecchia now called Duronia; the del Sannio arrived in 1864, to tell it apart from the others.
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📅 Every year, on 20 May; on 28-29-30 August Saint Felix the Martyr is also celebrated
Civitanova del Sannio celebrates Saint Bernardine of Siena on 20 May; the town also venerates the relics of Saint Felix the martyr, which arrived in 1779 and are kept in a silver reliquary, celebrated every year from 28 to 30 August.
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Outside Civitanova del Sannio, but an easy day trip away.
