San Francesco is a

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church located in Casalbuttano,

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The present building began in the 17th century as an oratory associated with the ''Confraternita delle Sacre Stimmate di San Francesco'' (Confraternity of the Holy Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi). The design was due to architect Francesco Pescaroli. The church has a single tall nave. Inside to the right is a canvas depicting the ''Transit of St Francis Xavier'' attributed to

Francesco Boccaccino Francesco Boccaccino (c. 1680–1750) was an Italian painter of the Baroque. He was born at Cremona. He studied at Rome, first under Giacinto Brandi, and afterwards worked in the studio of Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 De ...

, next is a depiction of the ''Martyrdom of St Bartholomew'', and next a canvas depicting ''Crowned Virgin with St Maurice martyr, St Antony Bishop of Florence, and Sant’Isidoro''. To the right of the altar is an oil canvas depicting the ''Madonna della Rosa'', donated in 1672 by Marchese Camillo Schinchinelli. The painting has been attributed by Longhi to

Francesco Mazzola Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bol ...

. The main altar has statues of ''St Lawrence'' and ''St Anthony of Padua'', to the left is a statue of ''St Francis surprised by an angel'' (1666).Casalbuttano Tourism guide

References

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