| Santa Vittoria in Matenano | |
| Official Name: | Comune di Santa Vittoria in Matenano |
| Coordinates: | 43.0201°N 13.4949°W |
| Region: | Marche |
| Province: | Fermo (FM) |
| Frazioni: | Ponte Maglio |
| Mayor: | Fabrizio Vergari |
| Area Total Km2: | 26.18 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1321 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2016 |
| Population Demonym: | Santavittoriesi |
| Elevation M: | 626 |
| Saint: | St. Victoria |
| Day: | 20 June |
| Postal Code: | 63854 |
| Area Code: | 0734 |
Santa Vittoria in Matenano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the central Italian region Marche, located about 70km (40miles) south of Ancona and about 20km (10miles) northwest of Ascoli Piceno.
Its name refers to Saint Victoria, some of whose relics were transferred in 827 by Abbot Peter of Farfa from the Abbey to Mount Matenano in the Picene area (roughly the south of Le Marche) due to Saracen invasions.[2] Ratfredus, a later Abbot of Farfa, brought the body of Santa Vittoria from Farfa on 20 June 931.
The 1966 published novel by Robert Crichton took place here. Stanley Kramer's The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) was shot in Anticoli Corrado, because the town had become too modernized since the Second World War period in which the story was set.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy.
Santa Vittoria in Matenano is twinned with:
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