Santi Quirico e Giulitta, also called San Quirico in Castelvecchio is a

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parish church located in Pian de Mantellini in the Terzo de Citta of

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church is ancient, putatively founded in the 11th century on the foundations of an earlier pagan temple. It stands now as mostly rebuilt starting in 1598. The portico, and parts of the apse and sacristy retain some of the ancient traces. The entry lunette was frescoed by

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. Above the arch over the presbytery was painted by Stefano Volpi; the imposing ''Martyrdom of Saints

Quriaqos and Julietta Cyricus ( el, Κήρυκος, am, ቂርቆስ, arc, ܡܪܝ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ ܣܗܕܐ ''Mar Quriaqos Sahada''; also Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr), and his mother, Julitta ( el, Ἰουλίττα, am, እየሉጣ arc, ܝܘܠܝܛܐ, ''Yul ...

'' in the apse was also painted by Salimbeni. The ''Prayer in the Garden'', ''Fall of the Rebel Angels'', ''Four prophets and four evangelists'' in the apse, were painted by Cristoforo Casolani. ''Mary meets Jesus'', ''Christ at the Column'' and ''Repose in Egypt'' by

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; ''Deposition'' by Alessandro Casolani, ''Christ carries the Cross'' by Pietro Sorri. ''Saints Clare, Catherine of Siena, Peter and Paul, and the Angel'' are by Salimbeni.Guida di Siena e dei suoi dintorni
Enrico Torrini, editor; Siena, (1907); page 76. Alongside the church is the former ''Oratory of the Contrada of Pantera'', role now played by the church of San Niccolò del Carmine.

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