Church of San Pietro a Majella, Naples

The Church of San Pietro a Majella in Naples is part of a monastery and was built by order of Giovanni Pipino da Barletta, one of the knights of King Charles II of Anjou and who took an important part in the destruction of the last Saracen colony on the peninsula. The church was built at the beginning of the 14th century and was named after Pietro Angeleri da Morone, a hermit monk from Mayella and later became Pope Celestine V. The monastery and the Church of San Pietro a Majella were the seat of the Celestine monastic order until 1799, when it was closed by the Neapolitan Republic. After the fall of Napoleon it was again active until 1826, when the monastery was converted into a Conservatory. After a restoration in 1930, Church of San Pietro a Majella was opened for visits. It contains a famous cycle of frescoes by Mattia Preti from the 17th century.