Santa Giustina is a collegiate and parish

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church, located on Via XX Settembre in

Mondolfo Mondolfo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea. Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: ...

, in the

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The first documentation of a church of Santa Giustina dates to 13th century, when a church was erected around the cult of an ancient crucifix with the inscription ''D. Thomas Blebanus istius Plebis A.D. 1227''. This became the main church of Mondolfo. Having been completely rebuilt after the earthquake of 1600, Pope Urban VIII Barberini raised it to the title of ''Collegiata Insigne'' in 1635. The church was refurbished to its present layout during the 18th century, reconsecrated in 1760. During the next century the Cappellone (large chapel) del Santissimi Sacramento was added to house the Statue of the

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, with silver key to the town. The interior has a baroque decoration with various canvases. The main altarpiece in a golden frame depicts the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Giustina and Lorenzo''; the side medallions depict St Jerome and Mary Magdalen. The 18th-century organ was made by

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, and is used for concerts.Parish of Mondolfo
, history of church.

References

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