A 6th century church among the vineyards in Spoleto

San Paolo inter vineas is a Roman Catholic church located in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. The term ‘inter vineas’ refers to its location outside the town among vineyards. The church was founded in the 6th century during the reign of Pope Gregory the Great, with a legend stating that a miracle occurred when a heretical Arian Lombard bishop was struck blind while holding mass. The first documented buildings at San Paolo inter vineas date back to the 10th century.

The church was later rebuilt in 1234 and consecrated by Pope Gregory IX. In the 14th century, the monastery attached to San Paolo inter vineas was abandoned and relocated inside the city walls, next to the church of Sant'Agata. San Paolo inter vineas was again reconstructed in 1771 and its interior redone.

The interior of San Paolo inter vineas was again reconstructed in 1965 to highlight the original late-Romanesque style of the early 13th century. The facade of San Paolo inter vineas recalls two other churches in Spoleto, San Pietro and San Ponziano, with a central rose window and a suggestion of the central nave and two aisles. The interior of San Paolo inter vineas has frescoes from the 13th century.

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