Inside the 17th-century Church of Sant’Anna e Morti, in the former oratory, the Ecclesiastical Museum of Deliceto is now set up. The church was consecrated in 1685. The temple, built in Baroque style with a single nave, ends with the apse flanked by the sacristy and the oratory. Along the left wall, there are some statues of historical and artistic value: Saint Joseph, Saint Luigi Gonzaga, Saint Gerard Majella, Saint Fausta, and Saint Vincent the martyrs. Above the entrance to the sacristy, you can admire a large canvas from 1685, depicting “Christ in Glory,” by the Molise painter Benedetto Brunetti from Oratino. Along the right wall, there are: statues of the Immaculate Conception; Our Lady of Sorrows; the painting “…if the grain of wheat does not die…” (2003) by the German painter Marina Haas; the Dead Christ by the cabinetmaker Giuseppe Di Francesco from Deliceto (2001); and the large canvas with a fine golden frame, a copy of the Madonna della Madia, whose original, in Byzantine style, is located in Monopoli. On the main altar dominates the wooden statue of Saint Anna (18th century). Recently, the church has been enriched with some beautiful stained glass windows by the Grassi brothers of Milan and Giuseppe Zaccheria of Foggia.
Information about Ecclesiastical Museum of Deliceto
Corso Regina Margherita,
71026 Deliceto (Foggia)
0881963437
Source: MIBACT
