Abbey of San Silvestro of Nonantola

Founded in 752 by Abbot Anselmo on the territory received as a gift from his brother-in-law, Astolfo, king of the Lombards between 749 and 756, the Nonantola Abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Benedict, then to the holy Apostles, subsequently to Saint Sylvester, when the transfer of this pope from Rome to Nonantola took place. It still contains some relics of San Silvestro. The abbey archive still boasts more than 4,500 parchments today.

The beautiful abbey of Nonantola.

The Abbey of Nonantola is the monastic building that was the seat of an important Benedictine abbey - also territorial -, located in the municipality of Nonantola in the province of Modena. It was one of the stages of the Via Romea Nonantolana, which derives its name from the Modenese abbey