San Vito e Modesto is a

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parish church located on Piazza della Pace #3 in

Cermenate Cermenate (Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. Cermenate borders the following municipalities: Bregnano, Cantù, Cari ...

province of Como The province of Como (; Comasco dialect, Comasco: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It borders the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grisons, Grigioni to the north, the Italian provinces of Province of ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church in this parish is first mentioned in 1297; the structure was subsidiary of the

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Fino Mornasco Fino Mornasco ( Brianzöö: or simply ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como. Fino Mornasco borders the following municipalities: ...

. By the 16th century the present site held a small dilapidated Romanesque building, with rustic stone walls and rubble from other buildings. It was surrounded by a cemetery. The region was decimated by the plague epidemics of the 16th century, and construction in of a new church began in 1612 with a new nave, followed by a choir and

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in 1765. The bell tower was added in the late 18th century. The church underwent refurbishment and reconsecration in 1907, with the addition of a piazza in front, The interiors contained painted panels depicting scenes in the ''Life'' and ''Martyrdom of Saints Vito and Modesto'' (1763) by a painter from the

Quaglio The surname Quaglio belongs to a large family of artists, both painters, architects, and scenographers (stage designers), originally from Laino, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano. They were active mainly from the 17th to 20th century, both in Italy ...

family.Parish of San Vito e Modesto
history of parish.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vito e Modesto Cermenate 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in the province of Como