In the first chapel on the right of the altar is the image of St Michael Archangel spearing the throat of a serpentine Lucifer, commonly known as the Devil of Mergellina, traditionally believed to depict an infamous young Neapolitan woman who had tempted Diomede Carafa, then bishop of Ariano.
House of Carafa | Carafa | Diomede Islands | Gregorio Carafa | Diomede Falconio | Diomede Carafa | Antonio Carafa |