Tag: patron saint of lecce

She-Wolf and Oak Tree, Symbols of Lecce, on the Façade of the Church of Saint Irene

Baroque churches of Lecce are filled with putti frolicking amidst birds and pomegranates, twisting Solomonic columns covered with intricate lacelike carvings, images of saints and some of their bones.

Church of Saint Irene, Chiesa de Sant’Irene

Bell tower adjacent to Cathedral

Piazza del Duomo, Cathedral on left

Saint Anthony

statue and reqliquary of Saint Bernardino Realino in Chiesa del Gesu

Altar to Saint Anthony

keys to city presented to reliquary of Saint Bernardino Realino in Chiesa del Gesu

Saint Irene

Baroque well in the cloisters of the Seminary Palace

Saint Lucy

The patron of Lecce, Saint Orontius, atop the Cathedral

Altar dedicated to Saint Anthony

Saint Orontius in Diocesan Museum

Church of Saint Matthew, Chiesa di San Matteo

reliquaries