Sant'Antonio Abate, Cascia
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Sant’Antonio Abate is a 14th-century church and convent located in Cascia, province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy.
History[edit]
The convent was founded by the Benedictine order, and the church was frescoed in 14th century with frescoed by a painter (or painters) known as the Master of the Dormition, depicting the Life of St Anthony Abbot. A second series of frescoes depicting the Passion of Christ was painted in the second half of the 15th century by Nicola da Siena. The choir has a 15th-century wooden sculpture of Tobias and the Angel. On the counterfacade is an organ installed in 1630 by Luca Neri of Leonessa.[1]
