Sant'Ambrogio, Cerami

37°48′42.5380″N 14°30′30.1320″E / 37.811816111°N 14.508370000°E / 37.811816111; 14.508370000ArchitectureTypeChurchCompleted15th Century

Sant'Ambrogio is the Roman Catholic mother church or chiesa matrice in the center of the town of Cerami, in the province of Enna, region of Sicily, Italy.

History and description

A church at this site, dedicated to St Ambrose, was likely implanted by the Norman conquerors of the 12th-century. A larger church was initially built in 1455 and refurbished in the following centuries. It houses a white marble Madonna and Child by Antonello Gagini. It also has an 18th-century statues of St Michael Archangel by Filippo Quattrocchi of Gangi.[1]

References

  1. ^ Comune of Cerami, entry on church.