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Prof. Giancarlo Andenna, historian of the Catholic University, member of the prestigious Accademia dei Lincei, attests that the road from the parish church of Cureggio descended to Fontaneto, Cavaglio Superiore, Cavaglio Mediano and Cavaglietto, Agogna lived in Vadobarone at the height of the Holy Trinity and reached the village of Momo.
Momo, Oratory of the Holy Trinity. The small church rises not far from the village of Momo, along the ancient route of a Via Francisca (or Via Francigena), coming from the Ossola passes, which converged towards the main routes of the great pilgrimage destinations. The oratory dates back to the 11th century, when, with
The expansion of the Cluniacensis in northern Italy, had spread the cult of the SS. Trinity. At that time the religious building was a simple chapel for travellers. The Romanesque apse and the base of the bell tower date back to that period. In the following two centuries the building was enlarged and almost totally rebuilt assuming the function of ecclesia. At the beginning of the sixteenth century the ancient apse was incorporated into an external chapel, leaning against the church to protect the fresco of the Madonna del Presepe, painted in the fifteenth century on the outer wall of the apse and immediately became an image dear to popular devotion; Also at that time the church hall was extended by a span occupying the previous vestibule through which one entered the church. Of great importance are the frescoes inside, executed by Francesco Cagnola. In the panels is narrated the life of Jesus, from childhood to the Passion, then the Original Sin, the Annunciation, the Trinity and the Last Judgment.