Almost at the same time that the aforesaid Temple was built by Maximus Bishop Atinati in the place where it is said, at the foot of the mountain, and precisely where the Castle of Vicalvi stands today, at the expense and industry of this most zealous Prelate, a comfortable Church was also built for the glory of St Nicander Martyr, as around the time of [...].
At the persuasion of Maximus, Bishop of our City, in the place where it is said, Foot of the Selice, near the Imperial Monument, around the road, which was called Monumenti, today of St. Marcianus, by the Atinati, in honour of the ever glorious Virgin Mary, and of Blessed Mark the Martyr, who received the Crown of Martyrdom in the same place, [...].
With idolatry abolished in this country of ours, and the law of the true God embraced, the famous temple, dedicated to such a false deity, not far from the village of Cancello, was consecrated by our citizens, as we said in the first chapter, in honour of the glorious St. Cataldo.
Marc'Antonio Palombo, describing events related to Bishop Boniface, provides sufficient evidence to affirm the existence of another church dedicated to the Virgin, located just above the place now called “Veduta”. He identifies its presence through the discovery of fragments of masonry with pictorial decorations, as well as a sepulchre and two bells, found in his time. [...]
On the top of a low, pyramid-shaped mountain, leaning against Monte Ordicoso (now called Monte Prato), located to the south and clearly visible from our town, stood the church mentioned in the diplomas of Innocent III and Honorius III as Santa Croce del Monte. Although today it is completely in ruins, it still preserves the [...]
Since the Church of St Stephen had been renamed Santa Croce, the people of Atina built another one in honour of the saint, located within the first city wall of the fortress. I believe it was in the same place where, after the collapse of the original building, Erminia Mancini had a small church built for her devotion, dedicated [...].
At the same time that Bishop Gaudentius built the Churches of S. Lorenzo and S. Biagio, the Church of S. Stefano was also founded by the same prelate, as mentioned above, attached to the gate, which was called S. Rocco, today known as Porta di la su. This church then took the name of S. [...].
After some time, in the place where the Villa Orrea once stood, today known as Broile, Solomon himself built a church in honour of Saints Passicrate and Daria. Passicrate, and Daria, and although the vestiges of said Church do not appear today, among the egregious deeds of this good Shepherd, one can also read.
In the Territory of the Rocca di Mal Cocchiaro, near the Molarino River, and precisely near the Molino di San Valentino, a Temple was built by the Atinati to this same Martyr, their fellow-citizen, and although today its form is not clearly discernible, one can still see in that place the foundations of a large factory, and large stones, artificially worked. For [...]
Thus, according to the ancient tradition in Atina, as well as to the reasons of Doctor Marco Antonio Palombo, which will be given in the fifth book, it is firmly believed that Saint Julian, a Dalmatian, was martyred near the bridge over the River Melfe, and that in the same place this martyr was given the Church by the people of Atina, so close to the said bridge that it has remained there to this day [...].
