The Church of Tau is a 14th-century, deconsecrated

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church located on Corso Silvano Fedi #28 in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located adjacent to

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, and across the street from the church of San Domenico. It was originally dedicated to St Anthony Abbot, and established along with the monastery by monks of the Canons Regular of St Anthony of Vienne. The church and adjacent monastery now houses the Fondazione Marino Marini, and exhibits some of the 20th-century sculptor's work in the church. The walls of the church were frescoed in 1372 by

Niccolò di Tommaso Niccolò di Tommaso (active 1346–1376) was an Italian painter active in Florence, Naples and Pistoia. He is documented as joining the Arte dei Medici e Speziali around 1346. He shows the influence of Maso di Banco, but worked with Nardo di Cion ...

and Antonio Vite.Polo Museale Toscana
entry on church.

Gallery

File:Pistoia chiesa san antonio abate del tau 003.JPG, Detail of frescoes File:Pistoia chiesa san antonio abate del tau 001.JPG, Detail of frescoes File:Pistoia chiesa san antonio abate del tau 006.JPG, Transfiguration File:Pistoia chiesa san antonio abate del tau 007.JPG, Friars in prayer File:Pistoia chiesa san antonio abate del tau 004.JPG, Expulsion from Paradise File:Sant'Antonio Abate del Tau a Pistoia (3).jpg, Marini sculptures exhibited in church File:Sant'Antonio Abate del Tau a Pistoia (2).jpg, Cloister of Museum File:PistoiaTauPortale.jpg, Entrance to Monastery with bears holding symbol of Pistoia and Tau symbol on lintel

References

{{reflist Roman Catholic churches in Pistoia 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Gothic architecture in Tuscany