In the countryside of Valnerina, not far from the Abbazia di Sant’Eutizio and the hermitage called Eremo di San Fiorenzo, stands the small Cappella di San Macario. Tradition has it that St. Macario was dedicated to the ascetic life and met the other two hermits who lived in the same area only once a week, on a Sunday.
The three celebrated the Eucharist together and shared a small meal before spending the whole day accompanying each other to their respective hermitages. The very simple little chapel is made of bricks and has a rectangular floor plan and a sloping roof. Its entrance is protected by a metal gate and inside there is a small altar decorated with a painting of the area’s three hermit-saints.
The festival of San Macario is celebrated in the hamlet of Preci on 2nd May.