Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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church located on Piazza of the same name in central Lucca, region of
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
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, Italy.
History
A church at the site was documented since the first decades of the 11th-century, but the present layout derives from a 12th-century reconstruction. The lower 2 meters of the church used stones from the medieval walls of the town. The upper portion of the church was refurbished in the 19th century.
The church was affiliated with the Canons of San Frediano in the 18th-century. The church was suppressed under Napoleonic occupation. In 1820, it was property of the Confraternity della Carità.
The exterior facade has some 12th-century reliefs in the architraves: one depicting a Eucharistic meal; the second, a miracle of San Nicolao Prete signed by
Biduino
Biduino or Biduinus (active c. 1173 – 1194) was an Italian sculptor and architect from the Romanesque period, active around Pisa and Lucca. His name is attributed to having been born in Bidogno in Val, near Lugano.Paolo Zacchia il Vecchio. A canvas of the ''Assumption of Mary'' by Bonuccio Trénta, had been moved here from the former church of San Pietro Maggiore. There was also a ''St Jerome'' by Alessandro Ardente of Faenza, and a ''Saints Zita and Paolino'' by
Gaspare Mannucci
Gaspare Mannucci (1575–1642) was an Italian painter during the Baroque period in Lucca.
Biography
He painted (1638) a ''Crucifixion'' and ''Mary Madalen'' for the church of San Piercigoli in Lucca. He painted a ''Madonna with Saints Lawrence a ...