Camerota

Title

Camerota

Also Known As

Camerotta, Cammarota, Casalis Cusatorum, Cenobio di San Pietro, de Cusato, delli Cusati, Li Cosati, Licusatorum, Lycusate, Sancti Petri Licusati de Camerota, St. Petrus Cusatorum

Dates

Founded 9th/10th c.?; Premonstratensian from 1194; dissolved 18th c.

Dedication

Peter

Affiliation

Barletta

Medieval Diocese

Policastro

Circary

Rome

History

The origins of the monastic community at Camerota are obscure and likely lie in the 9th/10th centuries. From 1194, the community was part of the Premonstratensian Order. The abbey was suppressed in the late 18th century, and since then the site has served as a public cemetery.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Thomas Anellis de Petrutiis, fl. 1482
Martius Gorlonii de Neapoli, fl. 1547

Status

Abbey

Bibliography

Attanasio, Francesco. “L’Abbazia di S. Pietro di Licusati, antico cenobio basiliano.” Sapri roui nata, October 31, 2018. https://saprirovinata.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/il-monastero-italo-greco-di-s-pietro-a-licusati/.
Backmund, Norbert. “L’Église abbatiale de St Pierre de Camerota vers la fin du seizième siècle.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 27 (1951): 149–55.

Image Credit

Exterior of San Pietro, 2022. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Rome

Citation

“Camerota,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/446.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Barletta