San Lorenzo, Lodi
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San Lorenzo is a Romanesque-style,
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 ...
church located in Lodi, region of
Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
, Italy. Construction of the church began by 1159. The brick facade has two pilasters and a central round window (oculus), above which is an aedicule with a statue of St Lawrence. The cornice has a false arcade. The apse has 16th-century stucco decorations by
Abbondio da Ascona Abbondio is the name of: People * Abbondio Marcelli (1932–2015), Italian rower * Abbondio Sangiorgio (1798–1879), Italian sculptor * Abbondio Smerghetto (1931–2018), Italian rower * Abundius, saint Places * Sant'Abbondio, former municipal ...
; the hemicycle of the apse has a fresco of a ''Resurrected Christ'' by
Callisto Piazza file:(Venice) Decollazione del Battista - Callisto Piazza da Lodi - Gallerie Accademia.jpg, 280px, ''Beheading of the Baptist'', Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice Callisto Piazza (1500–1561) was an Italian painter. Biography Callisto, a member ...
.Parish of San Lorenzo


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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Lorenzo Lodi Romanesque architecture in Lombardy {{Lombardy-RC-church-stub