San Lorenzo is a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

parish church at Via Chiesa #5 at the frazione of Nirano, in the commune of

Fiorano Modenese Fiorano Modenese (Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Modena in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Modena. Neighboring municipalitie ...

, in the region of

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, Italy.

History

A church at the site is first documented in 1078. It was rebuilt in 1444 as documented by an inscription in the church. Again rebuilt in 1780, and restore in the 19th century. The apse has a painting depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Lawrence, Catherine, Bernard, Andrea, and Bernardino of Siena'' by a 17th-century Bolognese artist.Comune of Fiorano Modenese
tourism entry.

References

{{coord missing, Italy Churches in the province of Modena 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy