The Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo is a

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church atop Mount Ingino, outside central

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

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. The church houses the body of the patron saint of Gubbio, Saint Ubaldo (the 12th-century Bishop Ubaldo Baldassini), kept atop the main altar on a marble plinth, surmounted by a glass case.

History

The church and adjacent convent were originally built in the first decade of the 1500s by Canons Regular of the Lateran. Once rich in stucco decoration from the Baroque era, much of this decoration was destroyed during bombing during the Second World War, and the interior was reconstructed. The church is accessible through a long, winding trail from the city or a more adventurous chair-lift ride.

Saint Ubaldo Day

The church is the finishing point for the annual

Saint Ubaldo Day Saint Ubaldo Day or ''Festa dei Ceri'' is an event celebrated on 15 May in the Italian town of Gubbio. It honors the life of Bishop Ubaldo Baldassini who was canonized as protector of Gubbio. It is also celebrated in the American town of Jess ...

procession on 15 May of each year (in Italian, '' La Corsa dei Ceri'').''International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe''
by Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin & Sharon La Boda (

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, 1995) The procession includes a race between three teams of men each representing one of the town's three guilds: * The masons (in gold) with a statue of Saint Ubald * The merchants (in blue) with a statue of Saint George * The peasants (in black) with a statue of Saint Anthony The participants dress in colourful ''ceraioli'' and carry three nearly-900-pound wooden stands and statues (''Ceri'') of their saints through the city to the city gates. Thereafter, the teams sprint up Mount Ingino to the basilica where the statues remain until the following May. A similar festival is celebrated in Jessup, Pennsylvania. The event is considered an important contribution to the town's tourism industry.

Artworks

Among the works inside the church are: * ''Stained Glass windows'' by Mossmeyer * ''Madonna and child'' by Salvio SalviniMemorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti
Volume 4 edited by Michelangelo Gualandi, page 60. * ''St Augustine consigns the rules of his order'' (1604) by

Avanzino Nucci Avanzino Nucci (c. 1552–1629) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. Biography He was born in Gubbio and died in Rome. He trained with Niccolò Circignani (il Pomarancio). Bernardino Gagliardi was one of his pupils. His painti ...

* ''Visitation'' (1620) by Pietro Paolo Tamburini * ''Transfiguration'' (1585) by Giovanni Maria Baldassini * ''Baptism of Christ'' (1599) by

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or Felice da Gubbio (1530–1608) was an Italian painter of the Mannerism, Late Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively colouring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo ...

* ''St Francis receives stigmata'' (1816) by Camilla Filicchi * ''Martyrdom of St Ursula and the Virgins'' (1657) by Francesco Allegrini * ''Vergine Addolorata'' (1789) by Tommaso Maria Conca

References

External links

Commune of Gubbio

Bella Umbria

official website. {{coord, 43.3564, 12.5850, type:landmark_region:IT, display=title Ubaldo

History

Saint Ubaldo Day

Artworks

See also

References

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