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History

A place of legends and faith, spirituality and art: discover the long history through the centuries of the Residenza D'Epoca Abbazia San Pietro in Valle, now a historic hotel in Ferentillo.
Legend has it that two Syrian hermits John and Lazarus, on their way to Spoleto in search of a secluded and mystical place, arrived in the Valnerina and built a hermitage there that became a place of worship among the local people.
After John's death, Lazarus, afflicted, begged St. Peter to console him. So, the latter appeared in a dream to Faroaldo II, duke of Spoleto, inviting him to build a church and monastery to honor John at the place where he would meet Lazarus.
Faroaldo II went hunting in Valnerina, met Lazarus and built the monastery there.
That monastery today is the Residenza D'Epoca Abbazia San Pietro in Valle.
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In the 5th century, under the reign of the Monophysite emperor Anastasius I, numerous Syrian monks and hermits, disagreeing with his religious views, moved to Rome, stopping in Ravenna. Along the way, with the approval of Pope Ormisda, some of them founded hermitages and abbeys near the Via Flaminia, a practice that continued even after the Lombard invasion of central and northern Italy. 

The isolated and wild valley of the Nera River became one of the favorite sites for these settlements. Among the best-known hermits were St. Spes and St. Eutizio, who founded the Abbazia di Sant'Eutizio in Preci, the place where St. Benedict would begin to conceive his monastic rule.

The Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle became the most significant institution of the Duchy of Spoleto. Various dukes were buried here, and many retired to this sacred place - voluntarily or involuntarily - after abdicating. Among them were the founder of the abbey, Faroaldo, and his son, Trasamondo. The abbey's monks played a crucial role in the negotiations that led the Lombard king Liutprand to make the donation of Sutri to Pope Gregory II and, later, to sign a peace treaty in Terni with Pope Zacharias. These events were crucial to the birth of the Papal State and marked the defeat of the rebellious Duke of Spoleto, Trasamondo.

The abbey went through turbulent periods, including Saracen sackings and changes of rule, until it lost its political and spiritual importance over the centuries, despite attempts to restore and maintain its spiritual and cultural influence in the region.

When the Saracen raids ended, the abbey was rebuilt from the 9th century onwards, by order of the Emperor Otto III to Abbot Riutprand.
The construction of the current facilities was begun later, during the empire of Frederick II, who promoted the transfer of the abbey to the Cistercian monks.
Pope Boniface VIII in the early 14th century took the abbey away from the monks, entrusting it to the bishop of St. John Lateran (who recalled the Benedictines), justifying the measure by the "licentious behavior of the monks."

Little is known about the fate of the abbey during the Avignon Papacy. However, it was probably very difficult to maintain control and peace in the territory.
By the 15th century, not only was the political importance of the abbey gone, but also its spiritual importance. In fact, it became an abbey in commendam and was entrusted to the family of the Ancajani barons of Spoleto. 

For many years, the Ancajani barons took care of the abbey. Although it had lost its political importance completely and its spiritual importance had also greatly declined, its cultural and artistic importance was maintained. However, the decline began again in the 17th century.

Today, the Abbey has returned to its former glory, thanks to a careful and thoughtful restoration that has managed to keep the charm of this ancient structure intact. 
Our roots: history of the Costanzi Family and of the Abbazia
From the beginning of the 1500s, the abbey came under the control of the Ancajani family, which held it in commendam until 1890, when they actually became its owners. In 1917, great-grandfather Ermete, an art lover who was deeply connected to the abbey and aware of its historical value, decided to buy the convent from the last heir of the Ancajani family. Subsequently, the property passed to his grandfather, engineer Pietro, who took care of it until the day when our father, Pier Luigi, decided to renovate it given its state of decay, to give it new life.
There were many projects he proposed. After twenty years of perseverance, they were approved by the Superintendency of Fine Arts of Perugia. Thus began the work, followed every day by our father with dedication and passion, culminating in the opening of the Historic House in 1999, when his dream came true.
Today it is we, the three sisters, who continue to showcase the value of Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle and tell its and our story!