San Sabino or San Savino is a

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-style,

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church in

Fratta Todina Fratta Todina is a ''comune'' in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 30 km south of Perugia. Fratta Todina borders the following municipalities: Collazzone, Marsciano, Monte Castello di Vibio, San Venanzo, To ...

, near

Todi Todi () is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction. I ...

, in

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, Italy.

History

A medieval church located at the site, by then in a ruinous state, was reconstructed in 1654 by commission of Cardinal

Giovanni Battista Altieri Giambattista Altieri or Giovanni Battista Altieri (20 June 1589 – 26 November 1654) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Giambattista Altieri was born 20 June 1589 in Rome, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Victoria Delphini, a V ...

. He employed Vittorio Onofri and Giovanni Antonio Fratini to rebuild and refurbish the church. Work was completed in three years later. Altieri's palace lies in front. The exterior is sober and simple.

Interior

The interiors are rich and highly decorated. The first chapel on the right, belonging once to the ''Confraternity of the Holiest Sacrament'' and ''della Misericodia'' has an altarpiece of the ''Madonna del Carmine with Saints'' by an unknown baroque painter. The statue of ''St Michael Archangel'' is a copy of a work by

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. The second chapel on the right has a canvas depicting the ''Madonna dai Sette dolori and Saints

Filippo Benizzi Philip Benizi (sometimes St Philip Benitius, and in Italian Filippo Benizzi) (August 15, 1233 – August 22, 1285) was a general superior of the Order of the Servites, and credited with reviving the order. Pope Leo X recognised his cult 24 January ...

and Cajetan of Thiene'' (1673) by Paolo Pietro Leoncini. The first chapel on the left, rich in baroque decoration, was dedicated to St Ursula. This chapel has a ''Deposition'' (1612) by

Andrea Polinori Andrea Polinori (1586 – 1648) was an Italians, Italian painter active in a Baroque art, Baroque-style mainly in his native city of Todi in Umbria. Biography He was born in Todi. He spent a formative period circa 1615 in Rome. He is describe ...

, which is based on a work by

Federico Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

for the

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. The second altar on the left has a ''Madonna of the Rosary with St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena'' (1640) also by Polinori. Other works the church include a copy of

Andrea Sacchi Andrea Sacchi (30 November 159921 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors ...

’s ''Baptism of Christ'', and a copy of

Bernardino Spada Bernardino Spada (21 April 1594 – 10 November 1661) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a patron of the arts whose collection is housed in the Palazzo Spada in Rome. Early life Spada was born in Brisighella, current provi ...

's ''St Jerome''. The altarpiece is an ''Madonna of the Immaculate Conception and St Peter, St Sabino, St Michael Archangel and St Paul'' (1665).Pro Loco Fratta Todina

References

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