Santa Margherita or Santa Margherita Vergine e Martire is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

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Fidenza Fidenza (Parmigiano: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune ''in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. It has around 27,000 inhabitants. The town was renamed Fidenza in 1927, recalling its Roman name of ''Fidentia''; before, it was cal ...

Province of Parma The Province of Parma ( it, Provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma. It is made up of 47 ''comuni''. It has an area of and a total population of around 450,000 ...

, Italy. A church at the site is documented since 1172 in a papal document sent from Pope

Celestine III Pope Celestine III ( la, Caelestinus III; c. 1106 – 8 January 1198), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 March or 10 April 1191 to his death in 1198. He had a tense relationship with several monarchs, ...

to the head of the nearby church of San Donnino. By 1477, it was a parish church. The structure today was based on a Romanesque 15th century building with later refurbishments. Including chapels added in the 17th century.Diocese of Fidenza

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Churches in the province of Parma Roman Catholic churches in Emilia-Romagna Romanesque architecture in Fidenza {{italy-RC-church-stub