Phone +39 0521 233088 Architect Giambattista Fornovo | Province Province of Parma | |
Address Str. XXII Luglio, 34, 43121 Parma PR, Italy Similar Santa Maria degli Angeli - P, Chiesa parrocchiale di San To, Ognissanti - Parma, San Pietro d'Alcantara - Parma, Sant'Uldarico - Parma | ||
The San Quintino is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located in Parma, Italy.
History
First documentation of the church or oratory at the site, dates to 833, when the property was outside the city walls. Towards the 12th century the church was rebuilt and affiliated with a Vallombrosan Benedictine order monastery. It then became a convent for nuns. The Abbess Giovanna Sanvitale commissioned the choir from Marco Antonio Zucchi in 1512. The sacristy corridor, a fragment of a capital and a stone door with Romanesque architecture decorations date to this period. During the 16th century, further reconstructions inverted the original orientation. The convent was deconsecrated in the early 18th century.
Above the entranceway there is an 18th-century painting with St. John of God. Pier Antonio Bernabei painted a St Paul in the sacristy.
Many of the fine artworks once in the church, including altarpieces by Giovanni Lanfranco and Giuseppe Ribera were looted by French troops.