Collegiata of San Fiorenzo, Fiorenzuola d'Arda

The Collegiata of 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

Construction of the church was begun in 1200 at the sight of a smaller, older, Romanesque architecture style church dedicated to St Boniface. The 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.^[1]

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.

Not far from the church is the Oratory della Buona Morte with an oval cupola.^[2]

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