The Church of Santa Maria di Loreto was built in 1592, on the hill that overlooks the town of Toro and close to the homonymous Franciscan Friary.
This church retains several works of art, sculptures and altar-pieces but it's impossible to list all of them.
We mention just those that refer to Pope Orsini, Benedetto XIII, who was Archbishop of Benevento and Abbot of Santa Sofia and loved to spend his time in this Friary.

Pope Orsini gave to the Friary a Madonna del Rosario, dated 1721 and signed by Nicola Boraglia, and also a great painting of the Madonna di Loreto, with no author and dated 1727, and with a dedication "Ex Amore Benedicti XIII".

Friary

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Cinque Santi, olio su tela, 1657.

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The Friary also keeps a portrait of Pope Orsini; he is represented in the painting of the Madonna delle grazie, exposed in the chancel, too.

Besides, we can't miss to visit the cloister, painted in fresco in the third decennium of 18th century by a popular artist; the scenes of saints and Franciscans hit with the violence of particulars.
Very nice are the quartiles at the bottom of the lunettes, that report the name of the people who paid for the works.
The cloister is a beautiful example of the link between the population an d the friaries, who are very considered in the town.