In which of Italy's provinces would you find 'San Vincenzo al Volturno'?
San Vincenzo al Volturno is an historic Benedictine monastery located in the territories of the Comunes of Castel San Vincenzo and Rocchetta a Volturno, in the Province of Isernia, near the source of the river Volturno in Italy.
The current monastery, housing a group of 8 Benedictine nuns, is located to the east of the river, while the archaeological monastery of the early Middle Ages was located on the west.
The medieval history of the monastery appears in the 'Chronicon Vulturnense', an illuminated manuscript. A monk of the monastery, Iohannes, composed the 'Chronicle' in circa 1130, using sources from the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries which were available to him, probably in the monastery archives, as well as hagiographic inclusions about some of the historic figures. The aims of the Chronicle may have been to codify the memory of the community and its history in the face of Norman expansion in southern Italy. The manuscript, written in a Beneventan hand and including numerous images, is housed at the 'Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana'.
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