Chiesa della Santissima Trinita

The Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Piano di Sorrento was founded in 1543 on land acquired from a Sorrento monastery. Expanded over the following centuries, it became a parish church in 1774 and preserves a mixture of devotional art and architecture.

Why it matters

The church reflects the civic and religious life of the Trinità quarter. Its sixteenth-century foundation was followed by the establishment of the Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini e dei Convalescenti, whose tradition is associated with local Holy Week processions.

What to notice

The church has a Latin-cross plan, three naves, an internal portico and a semicircular apse. The coffered ceiling includes eighteenth-century paintings, including a Trinity attributed to Paolo De Matteis and an Abraham visited by angels by Nicola Parise. The high altar and balustrade date to 1743 and 1748; behind them are a wooden choir and a Trinity canvas by Giuseppe Mancinelli. The pulpit has a polychrome marble baldacchino brought from the church of San Francesco di Paola in Naples. The facade bears a mosaic of the Trinity added in 1957.

Context and history

Raffaele Califano and Nardello de Polo founded the church in 1543 on land acquired from the monastery of the Santissima Trinità in Sorrento. An oratory of the Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini e dei Convalescenti was established beside it in 1573. Relics of six martyrs arrived in 1616. The church became a parish in 1774 under Archbishop Silvestro Pepe. Some works and devotional traditions are associated with other churches and communities in the area.