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Located to the far west of the Roman bridge over the Marmore, it was entirely rebuilt in the XIX century.
Some votive offerings are found inside.
The traditional blessing of the children takes place each year to mark the feast day of the sanctuary on the 8th of September: the Madonna delle Grazie is in fact called upon to protect the little ones.
Even if tradition wishes for its establishment to be an ancient one, in fact dating back to the passage of St. Peter during his mission to evangelise the Gauls, it is documented from the XII century onwards.
Very little remains of the primitive architecture. The current parish church was inaugurated in 1905.
Inside, can admire certain paintings from 1904 and 1905 by the Artari painters from Verrès and visit a small museum of sacred art, located on the left side of the presbytery, with some precious liturgical objects (including a precious 16th century Gothic monstrance and a 15th century silver-plated copper reliquary), wooden statues of saints from the 15th century andsacred vestments.
The Capuchin’s chapel holds centuries of history; in 1626 the Baron Paul Emmanuel of Challant, with an act dated March 22nd, ceded a building to found a monastery to the religious order. In 1633, after renovation works, the first Capuchin monks settled there.
Next to the convent there was a chapel dedicated to Saint Gratus, the powerful thaumaturgist invoked for diseases, wars and famines. Considered too small, the chapel was completely rebuilt between 1635 and 1642 and dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi, depicted on a beautiful wooden altar which can be still admired nowdays inside the chapel, together with the coats of arms of the Challant and Passerin d’Entrèves families.
The French Revolution led to the suppression of many monastic institutions and after the convents of Aosta and Morgex, in 1802 it was also Châtillon’s turn: the monks were chased away and the building used as a warehouse for the troops.
After various vicissitudes and changes of use, in 1895 the Bishop of Aosta, Msgr Joseph-Auguste Duc, bought the building from the Municipality and the Convent, still today, hosts the only Capuchin community present in Aosta Valley.
Dedicated to the Saints Fabian and Sebastian, the chapel was founded with an act dated 6 December 1751.
The beam is dated 1893. The rectangular-shaped chapel has its bell-tower to its west side. The interior features a 19th c. gilt wood altarpiece decorated with a statue of the Holy Father and the head of an angel, together with a painting representing the Virgin and the saints Fabian, Sebastian and Grato.
The statue of the Virgin dates back to the 19th c.
Dedicated to the saints Anthony and Bartholomew, this rectangular-shaped chapel sits in the centre of the village, its bell-tower to its right.
The roof ridge bears the writing “1750” and the statue of Saint Anthony is placed in a niche on the façade. The interior features a 1734 baroque altar decorated with four spiral columns and a crucifix with the inscription “per la pace, in tempo di Guerra 1917”. You will also find a painting depicting the Sacred Heart of Mary, the Madonna of the Carmine, a bishop and Saint Anthony.
According to the sources, the chapel dates back to an earlier time: complaints of the locals against the parish priest of Châtillon, who did not celebrate Holy Mass there, were recorded as early as 1693. This chapel became the seat of a rectorate which started on 8 June 1762, but was terminated thirty years later, as no rector, nor funds to maintain it were found.
The rectorate was reinstated in 1909 and lasted until 1925.
