Descrizione
The church, protected and almost enclosed between the ancient houses of the village, has a classical layout with a single nave, with a stone ceiling resting on a large cornice, and internally characterized by the blue color of the walls and the presence of two wooden altars. We immediately notice two wooden busts placed on shelves in the middle of the nave, the Flagellated Christ (called the holy blood) and St. Catherine. The main altar, datable to the 17th century, houses the altarpiece of S. Antonio by Giuseppe Lacedelli (1774-1832) from Cortina and, on the cymatium, a very sweet painting of the Madonna and Child. Between the pairs of columns of the dossal there are two wooden statues, St. John the Baptist and another saint, traditionally believed to be Anthony of Padua, as if the mutilated hand had originally held the lily. On the counter-façade there is also a beautiful eighteenth-century canvas depicting St. John writing the Gospel, originally pertaining to the same high altar. In the nave there is the valuable wooden altar richly worked with statues of the Madonna, S. Francesco, S. Giovanni Battista, other saints and with the tympanum supported by four columns and enriched by two angels and 17 cherubs. The saint’s holiday occurs on June 13 and is solemnly celebrated in the village.