San Procolo, Florence
| Church of San Procolo | |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Florence, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: 43°46′14.86″N 11°15′31.43″E / 43.7707944°N 11.2587306°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Florence, Italy |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Romanesque and Baroque |
| Groundbreaking | 13th century |
| Completed | 1743 |
San Proculo, previously dedicated to the saints Proculus and Nicomedes, is a Romanesque church located in Via de' Giraldi in Florence, Italy.
A church at the site was present by 13th century. The façade is in rough stone with a central rose buffered and two large side windows. Three other open windows along the side Via Pandolfini. The building was renovated from 1739 to 1743, when it became the seat of the Confraternity of Sant'Antonio Abate dei Macellai, one of the four brotherhoods known as buche, characterized by the practice of flogging, strict discipline, and night time prayer meetings. The other three Brotherhoods were of the church of San Jacopo sopr'Arno, the church of St. Jerome, and the church of St. Paul. After the second world war, the church was used to house the indigent. It was heavily damaged by 1966 Flood of the Arno River. San Procolo heals a boy by Gaetano Piattoli, is on the main altar. Most of the other works of art previouslyin the church were moved to other sites or destroyed.
Among works one in the church are:
- Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Tryptich of San Procolo and Stories of St Nicola, now at Uffizi
- Lorenzo Monaco, Annunciation, now at Galleria dell'Accademia
- Filippino Lippi, Crucifixion with Mary and St. Francis, destroyed
- Filippino Lippi, Mary Magdalen, now at Galleria dell'Accademia
- Filippino Lippi, St John the Baptist, now at Galleria dell'Accademia
Sources
- Translated from Italian Wikipedia.
