Santi Jacopo e Cristoforo is a small

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church or chapel located in the village of

Bolgheri Bolgheri () is a central Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Castagneto Carducci, a municipality (''comune'') in the province of Livorno, Tuscany. in 2011 it had a population of 131. History First mentioned in 1075, in a papal bull by ...

, in the municipality of Castagneto Carducci,

province of Livorno The province of Livorno or, traditionally, province of Leghorn ( it, provincia di Livorno) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It includes several islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba and Capraia. Its capital is the cit ...

, Tuscany, Italy.

History

A church of this name was located inside the town castle by about the year 1000. The

Antipope Nicholas V Nicholas V, born Pietro Rainalducci (c. 125816 October 1333) was an antipope in Italy from 12 May 1328 to 25 July 1330 during the pontificate of Pope John XXII (1316–1334) at Avignon. He was the last antipope set up by a Holy Roman Emperor. ...

took refuge here in 1329. After the castle was destroyed in 1492, the present church was erected 1505-1515 using stones from this castle. One wall derives from medieval construction. The church is dedicated to San Jacopo Baronto of

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a ty ...

. The stone church underwent a major restoration in 1902 patronized by count Alberto Guido. The portal has a marble crest of the

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. The interior has faux marble decoration, while the entrance to the sacristy has depictions of the titular saints.Regione Toscana
i luoghi della fede, website.

References

16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1515 Churches in the province of Livorno {{italy-church-stub