Abatemarco is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Montano Antilia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. in 2011 it had a population of 309. The village was founded in Early Middle Ages around the Byzantine church of San Nicola di Mira. It was named after the local abbot of Santa Cecilia Monastery, Marco. Anciently focused on the c…Abatemarco is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Montano Antilia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. in 2011 it had a population of 309. The village was founded in Early Middle Ages around the Byzantine church of San Nicola di Mira. It was named after the local abbot of Santa Cecilia Monastery, Marco. Anciently focused on the cultivation of flax, Abatemarco passed, through trades, to various local lordships, until becoming part of Montano Antilia from 1811.