Santa Maria in Ripalta is a

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-style, former church located in Via San Giuliano in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

, region of

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, Italy. The structure is under restoration.

History

The church derived its name from a gate in the city walls through which

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tried to overcome Pistoia during a siege. It had been previously dedicated to San Giusto. The church once had a venerated processional crucifix carried in town in 1399 during the Bianchi processions, a popular religious revival. It was then moved to Sant'Andrea. In 1554, the adjacent Canon's residence housed monks that had fled from

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to escape capture by

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. In the 19th century, it was assigned to the Confraternita del Suffragio. In the 20th-century, it became property of the commune. A Romanesque-era fresco depicting ''Christ Pantocrator'' has been uncovered during restoration. An inventory in 1853 listed the following artworks:Pistoia e il suo territorio: Pescia e i suoi dintorni : guida del forestiero
By Giuseppe Tigri, page 251. * ''Enthroned Virgin with Various Saints'', main altarpiece by ''Scalabrino'' ( Giovanni Battista di Pietro di Stefano Volponi?) * ''St Francis of Paola'', left altar, by unknown author. * ''Christ contemplates a cross'', right altar, by unknown author.

References

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