The current church was built in the 17th century. Only the south wall of the previous church, dating from 1211, remains. Adjacent to the façade, to the left of the church door, there is a small chapel completely frescoed: on the back wall, the Madonna and Child, San Rocco and San Sebastiano, on the vaulted beams San Nazzaro and San Celso.
The similarities suggest that they can be attributed to the Tarilli, who also worked on the church of Santa Maria del Castello in Semione. The Marian chapel inside the church is decorated with stucco by Gio Rezia from Porlezza. In a niche there is a polychrome gilded wooden statue from the 17th century. On the south wall of the sacristy there are three frescoes: on the left the Crucifixion and the Confession (with scroll), on the right San Vittore with sword. The characteristic fretwork frame that surrounds the figure of the saint, the same style, the line that flows around the figures of the crucifixion and finally the analogy with the figures of Saint Victor in the churches of Santa Maria al Castello in Giornico, San Martino on the Monti di Ditto and San Bernardo in Monte Carasso allow these frescoes to be attributed to the same painter from the Seregnesi workshop.
The church was restored in 1995-98. The frescoes by Carlo Biucchi (scenes from the life of Saint Nazarus, 18th century) were also restored. They had been hidden by paintings by E. Ferrazzini, which can now be seen on the opposite façade.
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