San Pietro is a

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style,

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church located on Via Cremonino in

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, Region of

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, Italy.

History

Construction of the church began before 1300s, and it was the second oldest parish in Cento. It was attached initially to the

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. In 1749, it became a parish church, a role for which for some time it shared with the nearby church of

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. The church underwent numerous refurbishments and contains works by

Lucio Massari Lucio Massari (22 January 1569 – 3 November 1633) was an Italian painter of the School of Bologna. He can be described as painting during both Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. Life and work He was born in Bologna, where he initially a ...

: ''Crucifixion and Saints'';

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...

: ''Virgin in Glory with Saints Bonaventure, Francis, and donor''; and a ''Madonna and Child, Saints and Guardian Angel''. Due to the

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, the church was closed for reconstruction. The church once contained a painting depicting a ''Dead Christ'', now in the Pinacoteca di Cento, attributed to

Matteo Loves Matteo Loves was a painter active in Cento from about 1625 to 1662. Few biographical details are known. It is said he was born in Cologne to an English family, and arrived as a young man in Cento, where he trained with Guercino Giovanni France ...

.La Pinacoteca civica di Cento: guida illustrate, by Fausto Gozzi, Pinacoteca civica di Cento, (1987), Page 62.

References

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