The recently renovated small church of San Salvatore has the size and appearance of a country oratory and is located on the path leading to San Giovanni, on the right side of the Armea River a few hundred meters from the village of Ceriana.
Ѐ one of the oldest buildings in the village: according to tradition it was commissioned by Pope St. Linus, the successor of Peter in the first century AD. It stands on an erratic boulder used as an altar dedicated to the pagan worship of the Sun god.
A surviving inscription on the back wall tells us that it was had decorated by Bartolomeo Morena in 1511. All the side frescoes focus on the figure of St. Bartholomew, while the frescoes on the vault depict a large sun with a monogram of Christ in the center, and those on the back wall depict the Savior and the Madonna and Child.
The feast of St. Savior occurs on August 6: the Cerianese community goes to the small church to commemorate the Transfiguration of Christ and celebrate in company.