San Bartolomeo, also known as the Santi Bartolomeo e Marino or Santa Rita, is a

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church located in Rimini, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was founded in the 12th century at the site of an original 5th-century chapel dedicated to San Marino. It was assigned to the

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in 1464 until 1797. The church building was restored in 1865. The first chapel on the right has a detached fresco, depicting the Madonna, brought here in 1807 from the Convent of the Cappuccini. An altarpiece depicts ''Sant'Ubaldo frees the possessed'' by

Francesco Stringa Francesco Stringa (1578–1615) was an Italian painter of the early- Baroque era, active mainly near his native city of Modena. He apprenticed initially, in 1595, in the Roman studio of Federico Zuccari, but soon came under the influence of the a ...

. The main altar has a copy of

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's ''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew''. At one time the main altarpiece was a ''St Marino and Saints'' now found in the Chapel of Leo XII in Spoleto. The ceiling has three large canvases (1655) by il Centino; some of the other canvases were by Alessandro Codrini of Rimini. Some frescoes were attributed to Bartolomeo Cesi. The frescoes in the choir depict the ''Life of St Marino'' (1595) by

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. The

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oak choir stalls date to the 16th century. To the right of the presbytery is a monument by

Antonio Trentanove Antonio Trentanove (c. 1745 – 1812) was an Italian sculptor and stucco-artist, active in Bologna in a Neoclassical style. He was born in Rimini and studied at the Accademia Clementina. He is best known for his stucco decorations. He complete ...

dedicated to Pope Pius VI, who stayed in the adjacent convent in 1782, while travelling to Vienna. The church also has a venerated image of Santa Rita.Rimini Turismo
entry on San Bartolomeo Church.

References

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