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Hermitage of Sant'Alberico

Hermitage of Sant'Alberico

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Location: Verghereto, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. Source of the Tiber and Biancaneve refuge – loop tour

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Monte Fumaiolo to Tevere Source (via Routes 125 and 106)

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Historic Apennine trek from Monte Fumaiolo to the sacred source of Rome's Tiber River.

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3. From Balze to Faggio Scritto via Monte Aquilone (Trail 125)

8.56km

02:52

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Mountain trail through ancient hermitage where medieval monks carved cells into living rock.

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Davide

August 15, 2020

The Hermitage of Sant’Alberico stands at 1,147 meters above sea level, halfway between the village of Balze and the Celle monastery in a deep gorge at the foot of the Aquilone, Celle and Ocri mountains. It is a place of austere solitude where silence reigns, which invites reflection and prayer.

(Source: eremosantalberico.it/news.php )

It is the only one of the many medieval monasteries and hermitages in this area that has remained active to the present day. The life of the founder Alberico, who died around 1050, is poorly documented: he built a hermitage under a rugged slope of Fumaiolo – a cell and two caves dug into the rock – where he lived in penance and sanctity, performing miracles and curing abdominal diseases and hernias. The hermitage, of Benedictine foundation, passed to the Camaldolese who looked after it from the 12th century until 1822 when, together with the nearby "grancia" or farm that they owned in the nearby Cella "inter ambas Paras", it was sold to private individuals and soon fell into ruin. It was Monsignor Francesco Dezzi della Falera (1842-1921) who rescued it from abandonment: having received it as an inheritance, in 1873 he rebuilt it from the ground up, erecting a small church and some rooms for the hermit; but above all he revived the cult of Sant'Alberico. Today it is entrusted to the hermit Giovanbattista Ferro. In the small stone church with a nave are preserved a tibia of the Holy founder and a stone statue, which the faithful use to rest on their abdomen to obtain the miracle of healing. The hermitage is equipped to welcome overnight stays (13 places) only for retreats and spiritual exercises. (Source: fumaioloturismo.it/-/verghereto-eremo-di-sant-alberico-abbazie )

The very long history of the Hermitage can also be found at

homolaicus.com/storia/locale/s-alberico.htm.

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Daniele Cico 👣🐾🏞️

September 13, 2021

Where peace reigns and find a moment of relaxation

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Verucchio Cammina

June 30, 2024

The Hermitage of Sant'Alberico is a fascinating place located at 1,147 meters above sea level in the Emilia-Romagna region, precisely between the town of Balze and the Celle monastery. This hermitage is located in a deep gorge at the foot of the Aquilone, Celle and Ocri mountains. An atmosphere of austere solitude reigns here, inviting reflection and prayer.

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Location: Verghereto, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Hermitage of Sant'Alberico

1. Source of the Tiber and Biancaneve refuge – loop tour

2. Monte Fumaiolo to Tevere Source (via Routes 125 and 106)

3. From Balze to Faggio Scritto via Monte Aquilone (Trail 125)

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