San Cristoforo ("St. Christopher", it, Chiesa di San Cristoforo), is a Catholic church located in Montesperello, in the municipality of

Magione Magione () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 15 km west of Perugia. Magione borders the following municipalities: Castiglione del Lago, Corciano, Panicale, Passignano sul T ...

, which is part of the

province of Perugia The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered al ...

, in

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. The parish church adjoins Castle of Montesperello, outside the castle walls and having an external bell tower.

History

It was registered in

Liber beneficiorum In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber ( , ; "the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom. He was a patron deity of Rome's plebeians and was part of th ...

in 1350, rebuilt in 1400 to 1450. The belfry in its present form refers to 1797. At the beginning of the 1930s, in place of the sacristy a chapel was built, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. There are three paintings by artist

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, which depict St. Francis, and buildings located in

Assisi Assisi (, also , ; from la, Asisium) is a town and ''comune'' of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born aroun ...

and Montesperello.{{Cite web , url=http://diocesi.perugia.it/vtours/sancristoforo/index.html , title=Virtual tour , website=diocesi.perugia.it July 3, 1949, the painter Gerardo Dottori completed the decoration of the church's

apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...

with 3 frescoes. It is a triptych dedicated to

St. Christopher Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively u ...

, which includes the conversion of the Saint, the carrying Jesus and the martyrdom of the Saint.

References

Churches in the province of Perugia 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy