The Abbey of Santa Maria in Silvis (or, less correctly, Sylvis) is a former monastery located in the center of Sesto al Reghena, in the province of Pordenone.
Founded in 730-735 by three Lombard brothers Erfo, Anto and Marco, sons of Duke Pietro del Friuli and Piltrude of Cividale, it belonged from 762 to the Benedictine monks from the Abbey of Nonantola.
Despite the fall of the Lombard kingdom in 774 and the rebellion that took place in the Duchy of Friuli in 776 severely repressed by the Franks, the abbey maintained and increased its importance even later, because Charlemagne, as king of the Lombards, in 781 granted to Abbot Beato a diploma confirming all the properties already accumulated previously and he also added the exemption from any political, jurisdictional or fiscal interference by the secular authorities.
In 899 the Hungarians ruined it, but the abbey was resurrected in the 10th century and was fortified.
In 967 the emperor Otto I donated the abbey to Rodoaldo, patriarch of Aquileia.
In the following years, the abbey's economic growth guarantees wealth and prosperity to the monks and abbots, so much so that architectural, pictorial and sculptural works will be commissioned for the best artists working in the Veneto-Friuli area.
The fame and power of the abbot of Sesto also grew in proportion, acquiring ever greater prestige within the patriarchate of Aquileia; in 1182 an abbot, Goffredo became patriarch.
From 1441 to 1786 the abbey became a commendation; the first commendatory abbot was Cardinal Pietro Barbo, who subsequently became pope with the name of Paul II, and even in the following centuries the title very often belonged to noble Venetian families.
In 1818 the religious jurisdiction returned to the diocese of Concordia and, finally, the abbey title was re-established in 1921 and assigned to the pro tempore parish priest, belonging to the secular clergy.
The Abbey of Santa Maria in Silvis
Address: Piazza Castello, 3, 33079
Phone: +390434699014
Site:
http://www.abbaziasestoalreghena.it/Location inserted by
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