Parrocchia di Sant'Antonio

Very beautiful and well-kept church. Indelible memories from childhood to today ... of a Caserta that was especially in the Oratory, an important center of social aggregation of city life.

The very kind parish priest, a very good person, very concrete. I know guys who attend that parish who are really wonderful especially for their journey of faith that they make, youthful, welcoming and helpful.

I gladly listen to Mass on Saturdays, in vespers, or on Sunday mornings. The Church of Corso Giannone is an important place in the city and Don Claudio a minister of homilies. The parish offers many activities and answers to the needs of words that reveal history and meaning. I feel comfortable and calm, above all in listening and thinking.

Here you find peace and grace of the Lord ...

Very spiritual. A place that for me as a believer makes me feel closer to Our Lord. I feel attracted to this place!

Already around 1335 there is news of a church of S. Antonio built in Caserta (where it is not known) at the expense of Pietro da Sparano. It is due to the devotion of the Acquaviva and their particular predilection for the Franciscan order (established thanks to the powerful family in S. Francesco and in S. Lucia) the birth on the present site of a convent entrusted to the Conventuals (one of the branches in which the Franciscan family was divided in the XVI century). Count Giulio Antonio Acquaviva and his wife decided to found it along the "big road" that from their palace (now the headquarters of the Prefecture) led "towards the hamlet of Dolifreda". In 1575 the notarial deed of foundation was stipulated and the following year the construction of the convent complex began. The original church, with a nave and five chapels, was dedicated to St. Catherine. From this first church comes the interesting panel by Pompeo Landulfo, probably on the high altar, today in the Episcopal Curia, depicting the saint. From the beginning, the devotion of the Franciscans to St. Anthony of Padua spread the cult of the saint and improperly transferred the title to the temple. In 1783 the convent was ceded to the Carmelites who had to leave the building (on the site of the current Cathedral in new Caserta) due to the location of the parish of S. Sebastiano after the destruction of the church of the same name. The convent was suppressed in the Napoleonic era, and later became part of the Bourbon Royal House, and only in 1823 was it entrusted to the Redemptorists or Padri Liguorini who named the church after their founder S. Alfonso Maria de 'Liguori. But the title that the people continued remained S. Antonio and finally in 1843 Ferdinand II officially linked to the church, rebuilt, enlarged and inaugurated in 1848, substantially in its present form, by Pietro Valente, an important Neapolitan architect, author of the second phase of Neoclassicism as professor and then director of the Academy of Fine Arts, author of the villa Acton (today Museo Pignatelli). In 1868 the Liguorini left the convent which was destined for schools and high schools. Since 1972 it has been the seat of a parish.

It is my parish, very welcoming in an atmosphere of profound religiosity. I often stop for a sign of the cross. The parish priest who, however, takes a long time to celebrate masses is very popular.

Priest Don Claudio has a charismatic gift. The nativity scene is beautiful