Gratteri

Title

Gratteri

Also Known As

Crapiteris, Craterium, Gracteris, Graterium, Grattera, Gratteris, Gratterium, Hagiou Georgiou ton Krateron, San Giorgio di Gratteri, Sancti Georgii in Cavea Gratteriae

Dates

Founded 1140; dissolved late 14th c.?

Dedication

George

Medieval Diocese

Cefalù

Circary

Rome

History

Gratteri was founded ca. 1140 by Roger III, duke of Apulia. Its initial affiliation is uncertain, but it appears to have been Premonstratensian by 1182. Active conventual life appears to have ceased at the site in the late 14th century, and it was abandoned by the 17th century.

Some ruins of the church survive today in the Madonie Regional Natural Park.


Heads of Community

Priors

Johannes, 1160-82
Salathiel, fl. 1191

Abbots

Girardus, fl 1223
Rainaldo da Brindisi, ?-1391
Pietro Raimondi, ?
Benedetto da Ginestra 1393-?

Status

Priory, then abbey from ca. 1200

Bibliography

Agostaro, Francesco. San Giorgio in Gratteri. La storia intrigante di un monumento normanno. Cefalù: Marsala, 2019.

Capitummino, Francesco. “L’abbazia normanna di San Giorgio a Gratteri. La prima fondazione cistercense nel Regno di Sicilia?” Convivium. Exchanges and interactions 4 (2017): 32–51.

Scileppi, Santo. L’Abbazia di San Giorgio e i Premostratensi a Gratteri. Castelbuono: Le Madonie, 2009.

Tullio, Amedeo. “Gratteri, Chiesa di S. Giorgio. L’indagine archeologica.” In Arte e storia delle Madonie. Studi per Nico Marino, edited by Gabriele Marino and Rosario Termotto, 189–208. Cefalù: Associazione Culturale “Nico Marino,” 2019.

Image Credit

Distant view of Gratteri, ca. 1930s. PAS.

Files

Collection

Rome

Citation

“Gratteri,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/480.

Geolocation

Item Relations

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