La Trinità della Cava
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The Benedictine abbey of Cava, full name La Trinità della Cava, is located near Cava de' Tirreni. It was founded by Alferius (San Alferio) in 1025.
The church and the greater part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old Gothic cloisters are preserved.The church contains a fine organ and several ancient sarcophagi. The archives, now national property, include documents and MSS. of great value (e.g. the Codex Legum Longobardorum of 1004, and the La Cava Bible) and fine incunabula.
In 1394 Boniface IX made it into a diocese.[1]
[edit] Abbots
The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII.[2]
The first four abbots were Alferius (Alferio), the founder and first abbot (1011); Leo I of Cava (1050-79); Peter of Pappacarbone (1079-1122); and Constabilis (1122-1124).
[edit] Notes
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"Abbey of Trinità di Cava dei Tirreni". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. - ^ San Constabile (Costabile)
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