San Fortunato, also once known as ''Santa Maria Annuziata Nuova di Scolca'', is a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

parish church in

Rimini Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...

, Italy.

History

The church was founded in 1418, after a donation by

Carlo Malatesta Carlo I Malatesta (June 1368 – 13 September 1429) (also Carlo of Rimini) was an Italian condottiero during the Wars in Lombardy and lord of Rimini, Fano, Cesena and Pesaro. He was a member of the powerful House of Malatesta. Carlo's wife was ...

, to the

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Monte Oliveto Maggiore The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore is a large Benedictine monastery in the Italian region of Tuscany, 10 km south of Asciano. Its buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the grey clayey and sandy soil—the ''Cret ...

. The site had belonged to an order of Friars of San Paolo Eremita. The church was initially attached to the Olivetan Abbey till the Napoleonic suppression in 1797. The monastery was demolished in 1802. After suppression, the title of San Fortunato parish was transferred to this church. The façade has the coat of arms of Roberto Malatesta (Lord of Rimini from 1468 to 1482), while the interior ceiling has the heraldry of Carlo Malatesta. The two lateral chapels were frescoed in the early 16th century. That on the right by Girolamo Marchesi. The one on the left, once had an altarpiece of

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

, now found in the choir. The church and adjacent structures suffered from bombing during World War II, and were only partially reconstructed. The Vasari altarpiece now in the choir depicts the ''Adoration of the Magi'' by

. Another altarpiece depicts ''St Benedict, Mauro, and Placido'', painted by the Augustinian friar Pronti. In 2008, a Museo di Scolca was established next door with artwork from the convent.Rimini Tourism website

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