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Kirche San Vittore Martire, Isola Bella

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Location: Stresa, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy

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2. Baveno Pier – Pallanza Lakeside Promenade loop from Stresa

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3. Lake Maggiore – Stresa Town Center loop from Stresa

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September 2, 2021

Parrocchia di San Vittore Martire, Isola Bella

This church was originally a ninth century chapel which retains the small original apse as a chapel. It was possibly a dependent of the Abbey of San Donato in Sesto Calende and was st. Dedicated to Gandolfo.

In the 1600s, the Borromeo family demolished an old church dedicated to St. Vittorio to add to their gardens

to build. They brought the remains of the saint to the present location on Isola Pescatori. This church was expanded in the Gothic and Renaissance style in 1627 when the original apse became a simple chapel and was dedicated to St. Vittore. Inside there are preserved frescoes and the high altar from the seventeenth century with the busts of the four bishops - St. Ambrose of Milan, St.

Gaudentius of Novara, St. Franz von Sales and St. Charles Borromeo - typical of the Ambrosian cult. St. Vittorio's relics, which consist of an urn supposedly containing his bones, are under the altar.

Vittorio was a soldier at the time of the Emperor Diocletian

lived. He was killed by beheading in AD 303. He was especially venerated in Milan, where a mosaic inscription in the chapel dedicated to the saint in the Ambrosian basilica tells the story of his life. Victor and his companions received the faith in Milan. They did military service for the Church and declared themselves Christians.

The cult of Saint Victor spread from Milan, especially in the churches of the Verbania area, and in the thirteenth century there were more than sixty churches dedicated to him

was. His relics were originally in Milan, but in the eighth century they were moved to Isola Madre, where a church was built in the tenth century.

As the cult lost its importance, the remains and this church were moved to Isola Bello and then to

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Marco SMG

June 10, 2022

Very beautiful and popular church.

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Location: Stresa, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy

Kirche San Vittore Martire, Isola Bella

1. Tour of the Borromee Islands on Lake Maggiore

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