San Marcellino, Parma

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Former church of San Marcellino
The facade of the former church of San Marcellino, Parma
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic (deconsecrated)
ProvinceParma
Location
LocationParma, Emilia-Romagna ,Italy
Architecture
TypeChurch
StyleRenaissance

San Marcellino is a Renaissance-style, once Roman Catholic but now deconsecrated church located on strada del Collegio dei Nobili in Parma, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

History[edit]

This parish church is first documented in 1074. It was rebuilt and then reconsecrated on 1543. The construction was led by the rector Gabrielle Lalatta, but the architectural designs are attributed to Giorgio da Erba (or perhaps Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane). In 1560, Pope Pius IV converted this into an abbey church. The parish was suppressed in 1928, and the church deconsecrated. The interior layout, with a single nave, was attributed to Giulio Romano. It once held a main altarpiece depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints Marcellinus and Jerome by Girolamo Bedoli.[1][2]

References[edit]

  • Felice da Mareto, Chiese e conventi di Parma, Deputazione di storia patria per le province parmensi, Parma 1978, p. 165.
  1. ^ Nuova descrizione della città di Parma, by Paolo Donati; Giuseppe Paganino publisher, Parma (1824); page 93.
  2. ^ Donati attributed the retouched altarpiece to Francesco Mazzola.