Just sixty years had passed since the death of Saint Francis of Assisi, when his friars built one of their first monasteries in the village of the Sele valley which was then called Evoli, present-day Eboli.

The initial model was Thesauros I, the first building brought to light in the sacred area dedicated to Hera Argiva, identified and excavated near the mouth of the Sele between 1934 and '35.

A stone building, harmoniously inserted in a pine forest and placed on a rock spur overlooking the splendid cove with the Ficocella beach.

Aveva solo venticinque anni quando la vita la abbandonò. In suo onore fu costruita una grande tomba, come era d’uso fra le famiglie nobili e ricche della comunità, dove un letto di pietra accolse le sue spoglie.

He had returned to Padula in March 1909 that would have been fatal to him. A few days before reaching his main destination, Palermo, where the mafia was already warned and ready to kill him.