Continuation of the excavations on the site of San Pietro di Cantoni at Sepino uncovered the stylobate of the ecclesiastical complex. It appeared deeply sunken in parts under the pressure and weight of the collapsed structures above it. Many parts were missing due to the action of tree roots from the woods which had gradually grown over the ruins of the podium and the church. At the same time specific interventions of consolidation and restoration were also carried out. These involved patches of opus signinum floor, walls and in two cases, abutting the church apse and along the inner facing of the southern perimeter wall, small patches of monochrome plaster and also relatively large areas of polychrome and figured plaster. The presbytery was definitively freed of the enormous pile of large sized rubble covering it. The paving of large slabs was exposed, arranged around a monumental staircase built on the same axis as the church, more or less abutting the apse structure.

The 2009 season also brought to light the central section of the front (east side) of the rectangular structure in front of the podium (structure which is appearing increasingly like a cult structure, probably the latest in date within the sanctuary). The rectangular structure formed a path leading to the podium, marked on the ground, in the excavated stretch, by an opus signinum paving bordered by a regular alignment of stones.

In the northern sector work continued on the slow ‘deconstruction’ of the rubble overlying the early perimeter of the sanctuary along the side facing the Tammaro.