Orotelli - San Pietro e' Oddini

In 1139 the Bishop of Orotelli, transferred the "ecclesiam Sancti Petri sitam in loco dicitur Ollim" to the monastery of San Salvatore of Camaldoli. At that time here must have existed a settlement of which only this building survived the times.

There are so many "lonely churches" on the island - and many are connected to the Camaldolese order. This order was founded by Saint Romuald in the early 11th century. I had come across his name in Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrenees) some years ago.