Chiesa di San Pietro Martire


The 14th-century Chiesa di San Pietro Martire is dedicated to St Peter of Verona, the 13th-century saint who founded the Dominican community at Ascoli. The solemn Gothic church houses the Reliquario della Santa Spina, a gilded silver reliquary containing what is said to be a thorn from Christ’s crown.


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