San Martino di Castagnolo Minore or of Castaniolo Minore is a

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parish church located in the town of Bentivolgio in the

Province of Bologna The province of Bologna ( it, provincia di Bologna) was a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its provincial capital was the city of Bologna. The province of Bologna covered an area of and had a total population of 1,004,323 inhabitan ...

, Italy. A large chestnut tree near the site gave name to two parish churches, the one on higher ground next to

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, and this one as Minore. The church is dedicated to the Bishop

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. A church on the site might have been present by the 10th century, and is documented by the late 12th century, through a bull of

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in 1187. The present church was built in the 1500s. In the 1830s, rebuilding restored the belltower and facade, and the interior was redecorated with nave frescoes by

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; and chapel frescoes by

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, Cammillo Mattioli, and Antonio Muzzi.Chiesa di Bologna parish site

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