{"id":4193,"date":"2019-03-26T16:57:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=4193"},"modified":"2019-03-26T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:57:20","slug":"eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to tradition, Giolo<\/em>, born in Sellano in the 13th<\/sup> century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in the 16th<\/sup> century dedicated to Saint Lorenzo.<\/p>\n

Although in a position hard to reach from a narrow, almost impassable path, the grotto today is the frequent destination of devout pilgrims who caress the cliff and take home small stones that they keep in their pockets all year as relics or talismans, only after leaving on site the ones they took the year before. It seems that water seeps through the rock walls from a spring nearby with therapeutic properties.<\/p>\n

It is said that the Blessed Giolo<\/em> carried up to his refuge a piece of burning coal that he was charitably given; he wrapped it in his robe which miraculously did not catch on fire. The people were particularly devoted to him following his death in 1315 and many people from Sellano claimed miracles in his name. The most significant concerned the nebbia miracolosa<\/em> (miraculous fog), thanks to which a dispute between neighboring castles finally ended over who would be keeper of the saint\u2019s remains. Only the inhabitants of Sellano were allowed to go to where the Blessed Giolo<\/em>\u2019s body lay; it was moved and kept at the St Lorenzo Church in Ottaggi and then moved to the parish church of S. Maria in Sellano (where the remains are kept today).\u00a0 It was only in 1780 on specific request of the Sellano inhabitants that the bishop of Spoleto officially granted permission to worship the Blessed Giolo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in the 16th century dedicated to Saint Lorenzo. Although in a position hard to reach from a narrow, almost impassable path, the grotto today is the frequent destination […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":4181,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Exploring Umbria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Exploring Umbria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exploringumbria\/\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg\",\"width\":952,\"height\":532,\"caption\":\"Exploring Umbria\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Exploring Umbria\",\"description\":\"your dates, your mood, your trip\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/\",\"name\":\"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-26T15:57:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-26T15:57:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fortified villages in Umbria \u2013 rare hidden gems\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What to see in Sellano\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo)\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria","description":"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria","og_description":"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in","og_url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/","og_site_name":"Exploring Umbria","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Exploring Umbria","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exploringumbria\/"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg","width":952,"height":532,"caption":"Exploring Umbria"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/","name":"Exploring Umbria","description":"your dates, your mood, your trip","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/","name":"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo) - Exploring Umbria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-26T15:57:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-26T15:57:20+00:00","description":"According to tradition, Giolo, born in Sellano in the 13th century, lived a hermit\u2019s life in a grotto on Mount Giove, where a small oratory was built in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/eremo-del-beato-giolo-hermitage-of-the-blessed-giolo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fortified villages in Umbria \u2013 rare hidden gems","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What to see in Sellano","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Eremo del beato Giolo (Hermitage of the Blessed Giolo)"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4194,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4193\/revisions\/4194"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}