The Church of S.Ambrogio
About
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Address | Via Seppiana |
| Opening | Durante le celebrazioni |
The parchment paper sent from Pope Innocenzo II to Litifredo (bishop of Novara) in 1133, was listing the three Parishes of the Ossola (Domodossola, Pieve Vergonte, Mergozzo) and established that the parish of Oxilia (Domodossola) was extended to all the higher Ossola starting from the left bank of the Ovesca stream.
The Ovesca divided the two parishes of Oxiha and Vergonte, though some neighbourhoods of Villadossola, situated on the right bank, felI within the competence of the Vergonte parish.
This is why after the separation from Oxilia this area was included in the new parish of the Antrona valiey. At Seppiana, centraliy Iocated with respect to the other communities of the area, a large church was erected to welcome all the faithful of the valley.
Apparently the church was first built in the C11. This assumption is strengthened by the evidence that the remains of the Romanesque arcade are rising from the architectural structure of the external walls. Originally the church was formed by a solid nave with a rectangular plan that ended with a semicircuiar apse.
Its strategie position aiong theAntrona route aiiowed an easy access to ali the communities of the hamlets of Montescheno, Seppiana, Viganella, Schieraneo and Antrona. The first enlargement of the church begun between C12 and C13. In 1592 after the separation of Antrona (in 1449) and Schieranco (1571), the communities of Montescheno, Seppiana and Mezzavalle (Viganella) kept their bonds to the morher church of Seppiana.
Between 1601 and 1621 some repairs were made with the help of the parish priest Antonio Giavinelli. In 1618 the new parish of Viganella was cut off from the parish of S. Ambrogio since, shortiy before, its community had buiit on its own land the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Between 1622 and 1624 its height was increased and later on, from 1643 and 1681, care was given to the amelioration of its interior.
The construction of the ancona of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary dating back to this period (1645) was made by the carver master and sculptor Giorgio de Bernardis from Buttogno, who in the following years carried out other considerable works. tn the workshop of master De Bernardis, in Briona street Domodossola, used to praetice as a sculptor a young and promising man from Antrona, named Giulio Gualio. Remarkable is his sacristy wardrobe and his altar of the Holy Name of Jesus dating 1685. After the restorations made in the C17, the church didn't undergo other interventions until 1925, when its interior was decorated by the painters Vagliani and Baranzeili. Afterwards, in 1994 the roof was rebuilt and the outside are re-arranged.
The Ovesca divided the two parishes of Oxiha and Vergonte, though some neighbourhoods of Villadossola, situated on the right bank, felI within the competence of the Vergonte parish.
This is why after the separation from Oxilia this area was included in the new parish of the Antrona valiey. At Seppiana, centraliy Iocated with respect to the other communities of the area, a large church was erected to welcome all the faithful of the valley.
Apparently the church was first built in the C11. This assumption is strengthened by the evidence that the remains of the Romanesque arcade are rising from the architectural structure of the external walls. Originally the church was formed by a solid nave with a rectangular plan that ended with a semicircuiar apse.
Its strategie position aiong theAntrona route aiiowed an easy access to ali the communities of the hamlets of Montescheno, Seppiana, Viganella, Schieraneo and Antrona. The first enlargement of the church begun between C12 and C13. In 1592 after the separation of Antrona (in 1449) and Schieranco (1571), the communities of Montescheno, Seppiana and Mezzavalle (Viganella) kept their bonds to the morher church of Seppiana.
Between 1601 and 1621 some repairs were made with the help of the parish priest Antonio Giavinelli. In 1618 the new parish of Viganella was cut off from the parish of S. Ambrogio since, shortiy before, its community had buiit on its own land the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Between 1622 and 1624 its height was increased and later on, from 1643 and 1681, care was given to the amelioration of its interior.
The construction of the ancona of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary dating back to this period (1645) was made by the carver master and sculptor Giorgio de Bernardis from Buttogno, who in the following years carried out other considerable works. tn the workshop of master De Bernardis, in Briona street Domodossola, used to praetice as a sculptor a young and promising man from Antrona, named Giulio Gualio. Remarkable is his sacristy wardrobe and his altar of the Holy Name of Jesus dating 1685. After the restorations made in the C17, the church didn't undergo other interventions until 1925, when its interior was decorated by the painters Vagliani and Baranzeili. Afterwards, in 1994 the roof was rebuilt and the outside are re-arranged.