San Michele Arcangelo is a

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parish church located on in the town of

Ostiano Ostiano (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northeast of Cremona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,054 and an area of ...

in the province of Cremona, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church was begun at the end of the 16th century, at the site of a church once attached to the Abbey of Leno. The church, large for its community, had 5 chapels on each side. Six of them have polychrome marble altars today. Among the artworks in the church are large 18th-century canvases depicting the ''Defeat of the Rebel Angels'', the ''Liberation of St Peter from Jail'', and the ''Glory of St Joseph'' by Giuseppe Tortelli. An altarpiece dedicated to San Gaudenzio has a picture of the town. Another altarpiece depicts the ''Dispute of the Holy Sacrament with the Virgin in Glory with Saints Gemiano and John the Baptist'' by Andrea Mainardi.Comune of Ostiano
History and Culture entry.

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