San Fermo Maggiore is a church built in Romanesque style in central

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

History

A church at this site may has been traced to the 8th century, and by the 11th century a second story and belltower was added by the

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

order. The campanile was not completed until the 13th century, it contains six bells in F cast in 1755 and rung with the

Veronese bellringing art Veronese bell ringing is a style of ringing church bells that developed around Verona, Italy from the eighteenth century. The bells are rung full circle (mouth uppermost to mouth uppermost), being held up by a rope and wheel until a note is r ...

. The exterior has a roofline with pinnacles, and the church once held the tomb of a member of the

Scaligers The Della Scala family, whose members were known as Scaligeri () or Scaligers (; from the Latinized ''de Scalis''), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years. History Wh ...

. The interior has later decoration, including an altarpiece of ''St Francis of Assisi'' by

Giovanni Battista Belloti Giovanni Battista Belloti (1667 – January 23, 1730) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Verona. Biography He studied for three years with Andrea Voltolini in Verona, then moved to Venice to work in the studio of Antoni ...

, whilst Veronese's '' Bevilacqua-Lazise Altarpiece'' was originally painted for a funerary chapel in the church. A crucifixion on the counter-façade is one of Turone's most significant works. The presbytery hosts relics of the saints Fermo and Rustico.

References

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Fermo Fermo (ancient: Firmum Picenum) is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo. Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation , on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway. History The oldest hum ...

Romanesque architecture in Verona Gothic architecture in Verona 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy