The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso is located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the '' Averoldi Polyptych'' (1522), a masterwork of

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...

History

Originally a church was found at approximately the same site in 1222, in an area that was soon enclosed by enlarged city walls. A major reconstruction began in 1746, by designs of abate Zinelli, and completed in 1781, leading to the statue-topped neoclassical facade we see today. It was interrupted in 1769 by an accidental explosion of a powder magazine at nearby Porta Nazaro. Reconstruction finally ceased and worship was resumed in 1780. Seventeen years later the college of canons was suppressed, but the church remained functioning as a parish church. The organ in the church was completed by Luigi Amati in 1803. The entrance has a bust of one of the patrons of the reconstruction, the bishop of Modone, Alessandro Fe.F. Odorici, page 102.

Interior

In addition to the polyptych, the church contains the following artworks: *''Coronation of the Virgin with Saints'' (circa 1534) by

il Moretto Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His ...

, 2nd altar to left. *''Passion of Christ with Moses and Solomon (or David)'' (1541-1542) by Moretto, 3rd altar to right. *''Annunciation'' by Gabriello Rottini, 3rd altar to left. *'' Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus'' (circa 1540) by Moretto, 4th altar to left. *''Madonna and child with St. Laurence and Augustine'' (c. 1460-1480) by Paolo da Caylina the Elder. *''Polyptych of St Rocco'' (c. 1590) by Antonio Gandino. *''Adoration of the Magi'' (1740) by Giambattista Pittoni. *''Death of St. Joseph'' (1738) by

Francesco Polazzo Francesco Polazzo (1683–1753) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Venice. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and painted portraits and historical subjects, though better known as a restorer of pict ...

. *''St Barbara and donor'' (1588) by Lattanzio Gambara.

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{{Commons category, San Nazzaro e Celso (Brescia), San Nazzaro e Celso, Brescia Nazaro e Celso Nazaro e Celso Nazaro e Celso Nazaro e Celso