Phone +39 0523 983401 | Province Province of Piacenza | |
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Address Piazza Molinari Fratelli, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda PC, Italy | ||
The Collegiate Church of St Florentius (Italian: Collegiata San Fiorenzo) is a Gothic style, Roman Catholic collegiate, now parish church, in Fiorenzuola d'Arda, in the Province of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
A church at the site, dedicated to St Boniface was present here in 824, and later documents note a church dedicated to St Fiorenzo was rebuilt her in 1273. The Romanesque crypt still maintains an altar dedicated to St Boniface. However construction was not acclerated until 1485. The interior chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento was built in 1685 in baroque style. The Baroque organ was built in 1733 by Gian Domenico Traeri.
The apse, presbytery, and nave have frescoes mainly focused on the Life of San Fiorenzo by 15th century artists. The stuccoes in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament were complete by Giacomo Marcori in 1681, and frescoed by Bartolomeo Baderna. It contains a painting depicting the Parable of the Convict (1668) by Jacopo Ferrari, and on the walls two canvases (1674-1675) by Pietro Galli. The main altar was designed by Giovanni Paolo Panini and Giovanni Maria Bignetti in 1741. The third altar on the left has a painting depicting the Miracle of San Fiorenzo (1741) by Marco Benefial.
The central pilatster have fragments of frescoes from 1520 and earlier depicting the Madonna. The ciborium is ancient, dating to the late 11th-century. The organ (1733) built by Giovanni Domenico Traeri was fresceoed in the 15th century. The church also has paintings by Giovanni Battista Natali and Antonio Alessandri. The main altar, rich in marble, was designed in the 18th century by Giovanni Paolo Panini and completed by Giovanni Maria Bignetti and Pietro Galli (1674-1675), with depictions of biblical subjects.
Not far from the church is the Oratory della Buona Morte with an oval cupola.