San Procolo is a Paleo-Christian,

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small temple standing adjacent to the

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in central

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, region of

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History

A chapel or temple at this site was built at the site of an

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cemetery from the 5th or 6th century, putatively above the tomb of Saint Proculus (Italian: ''San Procolo'') (310-330), the fourth bishop of Verona. There are documents citing the church from the 9th century, and authors that note the church was burnt during a Hungarian invasion in 924. It soon came under the jurisdiction of the abbot of the adjacent Monastery of San Zeno. It is noted in ancient sources that the bodies of Saints Euprepio (1st bishop), Cricino (2nd bishop), and Agabio or Agapito (3rd bishop of Verona) were also buried in the crypt. Perhaps even the martyrs Cosmo and Damiano were believed to have been buried here. The structures we see today are the result of exterior reconstructions in the 12th century after the

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, and interior reconstructions in the 16th century. Inside the church a staircase leads to the ancient crypt. The interior has housed paintings a frescoes from various centuries, among those noted in an inventory from 1750: atop the organ in the main chapel was a painting of ''St Proculus with Angel'' by Giovanni Antonio Galli (Lo Spadarino). He also painted frescoes for the Chapel of the Virgin, which also held a ''Nativity'' by Bernardo Muttoni and a ''Resurrection'' by Giacomo Locatelli and a ''God the Father'' by Giovanni Battista Amigazzi. A Second chapel had a canvas of ''Saints Sebstian and Roch'' by Giovanni Battista Canziani, and an ''Annunciation'' by Pietro Paolo Carpi. Over the main door was a ''Last Supper'' by Giovanni Battista Lanzani. In the Oratory are depictions of the ''Apostles Phillip and Jacob'' by

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.Biancolini, page 10. The interior contains a ''Last Supper'' and ''St. Blaise healing the Sick'' by Giorgio Anselmi, and a work by

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References

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