San Pietro Apostolo in Rosis in Ginestreto is a baptismal parish church or pieve, located on Via della Libertà #2 in the frazione of Ginestreto, a hamlet inland from

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...

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, Italy.

History

A church at the site was founded in the 7th to 8th centuries. An

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, once used as a water basin, was formerly found at the church, and now in the Diocesan museum. Documents from 1290 recall a ''Parochia Sancti Petri extra moenia Genestreti''. The present parish church, located inside the walls of town, dates to the 14th century, with an inscription in the bell-tower stating ''Anno 1384 Henricus me fecit''. In 1565, this new church was consecrated; it now has external

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-style decorations such as a façade with mullioned windows and a central rose window, likely added in the recent centuries. The body of San Lattanzio is said to be buried under the main altar.Achdiocese of Pesaro
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References

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