Eremo di San Bartolomeo in Legio - Roccamorice (PE) - Abruzzo - Italy - 4K

The hermitage of San Bartolomeo in Legio is located on a rocky spur about 50 meters high, 700 meters above sea level, in the Maiella mountains, in the municipality of Roccamorice, a short distance from the hermitage of Santo Spirito a Maiella. The hermitage predates the 11th century and was restored by Pietro dal Morrone, the future Pope Celestine V, around 1250. He settled here around 1274 for at least two years, upon returning from his trip to Lyon to obtain recognition for his Celestine Congregation from Pope Gregory X.