Santi Senesio e Teopompo is a

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parish church located in the town of

Castelvetro di Modena Castelvetro di Modena ( Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about south of Modena. Geography The municipality borders with Casteln ...

in the

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

This church was a small oratory or small church, that served as the private chapel of the Rangoni family, and was located next to the palace inside the town walls. With the influx of the population to within the protective walls. This became the town's church with the abandonment of Santa Maria del Gherlo, an ancient church (documented 996) which had been located outside the walls. Santi Senesio e Teopompo was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1501. In 1613, a belltower was added. Further restructuring occurred in 1758, and in 1907, the church was restructured in

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style by

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. The first chapel on the left had fresco fragments of a 16th-century ''Madonna and Child''; the other, the ''Martyrdom of St Peter'', in the style of

Dosso Dossi Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542), was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Ti ...

. Other canvases include a main altarpiece ''San Teopompo baptizes the Magus Teona'' by Giovanni Muzzioli. The church has a ''Madonna and Saints'' by

Antonio Bruno Antonio Bruno was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Modena or Correggio, and painted at Parma in the manner of Correggio, of whom, if not a pupil, he was a great imitator and contemporary, as one of his works is dated 153 ...

.Touring Club entry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senesio e Teopompo 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in the province of Modena Roman Catholic churches completed in 1907 Gothic Revival church buildings in Italy