Located just behind Sorrento’s Cathedral, the Church of the Servants of Mary is home to the Venerable Congregation of the same name.
Affectionately known as the Congregazionella, this small Baroque church, rich in stucco decorations and polychrome marble, is a true hidden gem of sacred art.
Inside, visitors can admire Neapolitan school paintings, including several works by Carlo Amalfi, a native of Piano di Sorrento.
At the entrance staircase, there is a marble bas-relief depicting the Dead Christ, attributed to Giuseppe Sammartino, the renowned sculptor of the Veiled Christ housed in the Sansevero Chapel in Naples.
Among all the church’s treasures, the most cherished is undoubtedly the 18th-century wooden sculpture of the Dead Christ, to which the people of Sorrento hold a deep emotional connection.
On the late evening of Good Friday, the brothers of the “Black Procession” carry this sacred statue through the streets of Sorrento, creating one of the most moving and evocative Easter rituals in the Sorrentine tradition.