Santa Lorenzo is the main

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 located in the Piazza Filopanti on Via Leonida Bissolati #66, in the center of town, across the piazza from the Palazzo Comunale of

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church of this name is documented since 1146. The structure changed over the centuries, and in 1406, it was ceded to the Servite order, who gained the privilege of baptism, and by the 1450s had built the cloister adjacent to the church. In the 17th century a new church was completed with a dome of the main chapel completed 1608–1612. In 1734–1736,

Alfonso Torreggiani Alfonso Torreggiani (1682–1764) was an Italian architect of the Rococo period, principally associated with Bologna. Life Torregiani was born in Budrio. An apprentice of Giuseppe Antonio Torri, he became intensely active in the city of B ...

performed an extensive refurbishment, adding the external portico that obscures half of the facade. Later in the 18th century, the architect Giuseppe Tubertini expanded the interior. The interior houses statues of St Sebastian and Lawrence, attributed to Filippo Scandellari. At the presbytery, the nave's barrel ceiling is supported by large free-standing Corinthian columns, designed by Giovanni Battista Canepa. Four chapels open to each flank. Among the altarpieces in the chapels are paintings by

Gaetano Gandolfi Gaetano Gandolfi (31 August 1734 – 20 June 1802) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late Baroque period, mainly active in and around Bologna. He is known for his biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects, as well as hi ...

(''Martyrdom of St Lawrence''); Giovanni Andrea Donducci (''Christ consigns keys to St Peter'');

Pietro Fancelli Pietro Fancelli (18 May 1764 – 22 January 1850) was an Italian painter and set-designer. Biography Pietro was born in Bologna to Petronio, a quadraturista, and Orsola Benedelli. Petronio moved the family to Venice in 1774, and his son worked ...

; and other artists of the Bolognese Baroque school. The wooden pulpit was guilt in 1578. A Polychrome sculpture of the ''Madonna Addolorata'' was completed by Filippo Scandellari. The organ dates to the mid-19th century.Comune of Budrio
official website.

References

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