Pantalica: Oratory of S. Micidiario
Archaeological site falling within the archaeological area of Pantalica
Oratory of S. Micidiario
Following the same path used to reach the Byzantine village of Filipporto you reach the Oratory of S. Micid
iary, once decorated with Byzantine frescoes.The oratory proper has a rectangular plan, ends in the east with an apse flanked by two niches that simulate the minor apses, while the space reserved for the faithful is divided from this, which is configured as a real presbytery, through an iconostasis . Along the apse wall there are traces of the subsellia (benches for presbyters) men
three is particularly interesting the double sloping ceiling, which seems to imitate the roofs of the subdial churches (in the open). The decoration, although now fragmentary, was certainly very rich, so much so as to adorn both the church and the apse. At least two layers of fresco can be recognized, the lower one reddish and yellow and the upper one blue. In the apsidal basin you can see the figure of the Pantocrator flanked by two angels, while on the walls some panels hosting saints by now illegible were placed in a paratactic sequence except for a possible San Mercurio (according to the inscription in Greek O AΓΙΟC ΜΕΡΚ [ΟΥΡΙΟC].
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