San Filippo is a Baroque-style

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former church, now deconsecrated, located Corso Garibaldi, near Porta Fano, in

Fossombrone Fossombrone is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. History The ancient Roman colony of ''Forum Sempronii'' took its name from Gaius Sempronius Gracchus. Near the Furlo Pass, during the Gothic War, wa ...

, region of

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, Italy. The church was erected between 1608 and 1613; and dedicated to the patron saints of the town. It had been commissioned earlier to celebrate the birth of the ill-fated Federico Ubaldo, son and heir of the Duke

Francesco Maria II Della Rovere Francesco Maria II della Rovere (20 February 1549 – 23 April 1631) was the last Duke of Urbino. Biography Born at Pesaro, Francesco Maria was the son of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Count of Montefeltro and Vittoria Farnes ...

. But it was ceded soon to the Order of the

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, although they did not have a formal charter in the town till 1620. The brick facade is incomplete and in 2015 appears nearly decrepit, with closed windows; however, under the Oratorians, the interior of the church was decorated with an exuberant, nearly

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stucco decoration, completed in part by Tommaso Amantini. Decoration continued till consecration in 1726. The interior has a number of paintings by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, including a ''Madonna with the Five Patron Saints of Pesaro offering her the Planned Church'', a ''St Michael Archangel and the Trinity'', a ''St Barnaba Praying''. The church also has a ''St John the Baptist'' painted by

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, and works by

Francesco Gessi Francesco Gessi (20 January 1588 – 1649) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. Biography Born to a noble family, his father noticed his attraction to the arts and placed him in the apprenticeship with De ...

Lazzaro Baldi Lazzaro Baldi ( – 30 March 1703) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period active mainly in Rome.

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, and

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. The church is now used for concerts and cultural events.La Valle del Metauro
website, description of the church.

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