San Michele Arcangelo is a

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parish church located on Via Morselli#2 in the hamlet of

Sant'Angelo in Lizzola Sant'Angelo in Lizzola is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune '' of Vallefoglia in the province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as ...

, a neighborhood of Vallefoglia in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church in this town was present in early medieval towns. The church of San Michele, a dedication favored by the

Lombards The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...

, replaced an earlier parish church dedicated to San Andrea. The first documentation of the church dates to 1290-1292. Documents recall a papal visit in 1574. The present church structure was erected in 1705; and in 1718 the pope

Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

elevated the church to a Collegiate church. The church houses a notable wooden choir stalls, and a marble baptismal font dating to 18th century. There are also some 17th-century reproductions of works by

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious ...

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and Federigo Barocci.

References

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