Church of Saint Catherine in Trevi

Looking up on a spur of the mountain, one can see the remains of the rear part of the ancient Church of St Catherine, partially demolished by the Congregation of Charity at the end of the last century to retrieve the stones needed to build the city hospital. It belonged to the Municipality of Trevi, which increased it in 1472, with the interest of the Petroni family, who affixed their coat of arms to the façade. The bishop de Lunel, in his pastoral visit in 1571, declared it destined for the burial of plague victims. On the feast day of the saint, 24 November, all the olive pickers gathered in front of the church with wooden ladders to begin the harvesting campaign. On the back wall is one of the most interesting and significant frescoes of the Umbrian 14th century, clearly attributable to the “Primo maestro di S. Chiara da Montefalco”, dated around 1326. It depicts a Crucifixion, with the Marys, St Francis and St John the Evangelist, and St Catherine of Alexandria on the far right.