Santi Clemente e Imerio (or sometimes called Sant'Imerio alone) is a 17th-century

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church on Via Aporti 16, in

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

, region of

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, Italy. The church was commissioned in 1606 by the Marchese Cesare de Soresina Vidoni, in part to house his brother Pietro, who had become a monk in the

Order of Discalced Carmelites The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...

, and established a convent alongside this church. The exterior was left unfinished in part to demonstrate the vows of poverty of the order. In 1805, the order was suppressed and the remaining monks were relocated to Lodi and Crema. This church was joined to the parish church of San Clemente, thus adding the name. The church has three chapels on each side. The semi-Corinthian columns are odd, since they end in laurel, and not acanthus, leaves. The main altarpiece once held a painting depicting the ''Virgin and child with St Bishop Imerio and St Jerome'', by

Luigi Miradori Luigi Miradori (c. 1600-1610 - c. 1656) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona. Miradori was born in Genoa, thus also called ''il Genovese'' or ''Genovesino''. He was a pupil of the painter Panfilo Nuvolone or ...

. He also painted a canvas with ''Saints of the Carmelite order''. The main altarpiece is now a ''Virgin and Child'' by

Margherita Caffi Margherita Caffi (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in Milan to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivi ...

. The first chapel altarpiece on the right depicts the ''Virgin and Child with St. Anthony'' (1687) by

Giovanni Battista Natali Giovanni Battista Natali, also known as Joan(nes) or Ioannes Baptista Natali (Pontremoli, 1698 – Piacenza, 1768), was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the late- Baroque period, active in his natal (?) city of Piacenza, pparent contradicti ...

. The third chapel has ''Rest on the Flight to Egypt'' by

(known as il Genovesino). In the first chapel on the left is an altarpiece depicting ''St John preaching in the Desert'' by

Roberto De Longe Robert de Longe (Brussels, 1646 – Piacenza, 1709) was a painter born in present-day Belgium, but active in Northern Italy including Cremona and Piacenza. Biography He is one of many painters known in Italy as ''il Fiammingo'' (the Flemish). De ...

, while in the third chapel there is a ''St Teresa in Prayer'' (1648) by

Angelo Massarotti Angelo Massarotti (1653–1723) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Cremona. Biography Massarotti trained initially with Agostino Bonisoli, then in Rome with Carlo Cesi. The historian Titi (page 379) said he paint ...

. Additionally, this church has two paintings moved here from the church of Santa Maria Magdalena: a ''Meeting of St Dominic with St Francis'' attributed to

Gervasio Gatti Gervasio Gatti (c. 1550 in either Cremona, Vercelli or Pavia – c. 1631) was an Italian painter during the late-Renaissance, active in Parma, Piacenza, and Cremona. He was also known as Il Soiaro (or ''Sojaro'') Gatti trained with his uncle Bern ...

, and a ''Beheading of St John the Baptist''(1597) by

Luca Cattapane Luca Cattapane was an Italian painter active during the late 16th century in Cremona. He was a follower of the Campi family in Cremona. He painted an altarpiece now in the church of Sant'Ilario, Cremona. In the church of San Pietro al Po, Cremo ...

.Comune of Cremona
Tourism office, entry on church.

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