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Church of Saint Brigid of Ireland

Church of Saint Brigid of Ireland

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Church of Saint Brigid of Ireland

Name: Church of Saint Brigid of Ireland
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Location: Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Patrick

June 20, 2025

The first foundation of the church dates back, in all likelihood, to the mid-9th century. In 1140 the entire village of Santa Brigida was the victim of a violent fire in which it is assumed that the temple was also destroyed, consequently rebuilt. Here in 1185 the Peace of Constance, already preliminarily discussed in S. Antonio, was ratified by the Lombard League.

The current temple was restored by Giannantonio Perrau (1899) who returned it to its original Romanesque features. The interior, without a transept, has three naves, closed by apses. Worthy of mention is the chapel of the Crucifix (right nave), so called because of the suggestive wooden simulacrum (13th century) that it houses. It is decorated with frescoes by Roberto de Longe, a Flemish painter by origin, but active in Piacenza since 1685, who depicts the Ascension in the dome and the Sibyls in the pendentives. On the walls of the church you can see a painting by Felice Boselli from Piacenza (1650-1732) representing the Ecce Homo and a St. Andrew led to martyrdom, a notable work by Camillo Gavasetti (1628).
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June 23, 2025

Thank you very much Patrick

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