Basilica Di San Calimero
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The Basilica di San Calimero is a church in
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, northern
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. Its name refers to Saint Calimerius (died 190 AD), an early bishop of the city. It dates from the 5th century but was almost completely rebuilt in 1882 by the architect Angelo Colla in an attempt to restore it to the "original" medieval structure. What remains of the ancient church include: the 16th century
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, with a noble frescoed vault by the Fiammenghini; a small fresco with the ''Madonna and Two Female Saints'' (15th century, attributed to
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) in the apse; a ''Crucifixion'' by
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, and a noteworthy ''Nativity'' by
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. Other medieval frescoes are in the annexed sacristy. The crypt also houses Calimerius' relics and a pit located in the same place in which the former's bones were found in the water.


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Early Christian churches in Milan Early Christian churches in Milan are the first church (building), churches built immediately after the Edict of Milan (''Edictum Mediolanense'') in February 313, issued by Constantine the Great and Licinius, which granted tolerance and Freedom o ...
Dioceses established in the 5th century Calimero, Basilica di San Roman Catholic churches completed in 1882 5th-century churches Gothic architecture in Lombardy Tourist attractions in Milan 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Lombardy-RC-church-stub