San Biagio is a

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church located in Pieve Vecchia, hamlet of Lucignano, region of

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, Italy. It stands near by the church of the Misericordia in town.

History

The church was initially the parish church of Lucignano, dedicated to San Felice, and erected in 1016. Of this building, only the bell-tower remains. It was rebuilt in 1468, and again in the 16th century. The main altar is made of wood and contains decorations depicting the ''Nativity'', the ''Adoration of the Magi'', and the ''Visitation of Elizabeth and Mary'' by Orazio Porta. In the presbytery is a

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depicting the ''Annunciation'' of a design attributed to

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. Along the walls are altars with stucco work (1694) by the Bracci family, and an ''Annunciation'' (1699) by Onorio Marinari and an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1699) by

Alessandro Gherardini Alessandro Gherardini (16 November 1655 – 1726) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rosi. In Florence, he painted a ''Crucifixion'' for the Monastery of the ...

.Province of Arezzo
entry on church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biagio Lucignano Churches in Lucignano Roman Catholic churches in Tuscany 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Buildings and structures completed in 1468 Churches completed in the 1460s