San Giorgio is a late-

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-style,

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parish church located in

Casalbuttano Casalbuttano ed Uniti ( Cremunés: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Casalbuttano ed Uniti borders the following municipal ...

Province of Cremona The Province of Cremona ( it, provincia di Cremona; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

An aedicule-chapel at the site was present since the 12th-century; by the mid 15th century a church was present. By 16th century chapels were present in the church. In 1567, an adjacent cemetery was established. In 1581 an organ by the Antenati family of Brescia was built and the church was consecrated in 1600. The belltower measuring 65 meters in height was erected in 1624 -1638. The facade was built by followers of Giuseppe Dattero, but replaced in 1920 by

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. Inside, the main altarpiece depicts a ''St George and the Dragon'' (1593) by Marcantonio Mainardi. Other works, including the stucco

polyptych A polyptych ( ; Greek: ''poly-'' "many" and ''ptychē'' "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a "diptych" is a two-part work of art; a "triptych" is a three-part work; a tetrapty ...

, near the altar (1759) are by Giacomo Guerrini. To the right of the entrances are a canvas depicting ''St Catherine of Alexandria'' (1612) by

Andrea Mainardi Andrea Mainardi, also known as ''il Chiaveghino'', (active 1590–1613) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Cremona. Mainardi and his nephew Marcantonio, were pupils of Bernardino Campi in Cremona. He painted the ...

, transferred to this church from the Franciscan church of San Salvatore in 1945; a ''Madonna in Gloria'' (first half of 17th-century) a copy of

Giulio Campi Giulio Campi (1502 – 5 March 1572) was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters. Biography The eldest of a family prominent painters, Campi was born at Cremona. His father Ga ...

's main altarpiece at San Sigismondo of Cremona, copy attributed to

Stefano Lambri Stefano Lambri (active 1620s) was an Italian painter of histories and portraits. He trained with the painter Giovanni Battista Trotti. He painted in 1628, for the Dominican Church of Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna ...

; ''Marriage of the Virgin'' by Carlo Landriani; a ''Madonna of the Rosary with Sts Dominic and Catherine'' Domenico e Santa Caterina (1652) by

Luigi Miradori Luigi Miradori (c. 1600-1610 - c. 1656) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona. Miradori was born in Genoa, thus also called ''il Genovese'' or ''Genovesino''. He was a pupil of the painter Panfilo Nuvolone or ...

; and a ''St Stephen with Sts Bernard and Bernardino'' (1628) by Marcantonio Mainardi, derived from the Franciscan Convent of San Salvatore. Over the door at the end of the right nave is a painting of ''L’Addolorata'' by Marcantonio Ghislina. In the chapel on the left are a number of oil paintings, including one depicting ''St Carlo Borromeo granting communion to those afflicted with the Plague'' (1840) by Carlo Landriani; a ''Crucifixion with Saints Francis, Antony, and Bernardino of Siena'' (17th-century) attributed to Ermenegildo Lambri; a ''Flight to Egypt'', copy of a canvas by

Alessandro Turchi Alessandro Turchi (1578 – 22 January 1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname ''L'Orbetto''. His style ...

; an ''Annunciation'' attributed to Ermenegildo Lodi; and a ''Baptism of Christ'' (1874) by Giuseppina Baccini. In the chapel of the Grotto of Lourdes, is a canvas depicting ''St Francis receiving Stigmata'' (17th-century), once attributed to Europa Anguissola, also deriving from the church of the Convent of San Salvatore; ''Death of St Francis Xavier'' (17th-century); and a ''Christ carrying Cross'' (15th-century) attributed to

Filippo Mazzola Filippo Mazzola (1460 - 1505) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Parma, his father was Bartholomew, and he became a pupil of Francesco Tacconi. He worked mainly in the area between Parma and Piacenza. There is docum ...

.Casalbuttano Tourism guide

References

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