We are in the municipality of Roccamorice, a few steps from another hermitage, that of Santo Spirito a Majella, here it is located on a rocky spur of about 50 meters at 700 m above sea level in the Majella, the hermitage of San Bartolomeo.

The history of its foundation must be traced back to the Middle Ages. The hermitage is prior to the 11th century and was restored by Pietro dal Morrone, the future Pope Celestine V, around 1250. He settled here around 1274 for at least two years, on the return of his trip to Lyon made to obtain from Pope Gregory X the recognition of his Congregation of the Celestines.