San Sepolcro is a

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church in central

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, Italy.

History

While a church at the site is documented from the 12th-century, the church on the present layout was built circa 1257 in a Gothic-style. It would have been located then outside of the medieval walls of Parma. The structure underwent various refurbishments, with the facade decoration in a more classical style was added during 1505-1506, work attributed to Bartolomeo Pradesoli and Jacopo di Modena. The nave and the flank facing Strada della Repubblica was not completed in its present Neoclassic style until the 1700s. The 1616 bell-tower is attributed to the architects Malosso or Simone Moschino. The top was not added till 1753. The wooden ceiling was carved between 1613 and 1617 by Lorenzo Zaniboni and Giacomo Trioli. The canvases of various saints in the interior are attributed to the studio of

Lionello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italians, Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biogr ...

. The stations of the Via Crucis were sculpted by Giuseppe Carra. The choir ceiling was frescoed by

Cesare Baglioni Cesare Baglioni (c. 1525–1590, born in Bologna) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He trained under his father, then became renowned as a painter of quadratura. He painted in Parma and Rome. He befriended both Agostino and An ...

. A guide from 1869, states the main altarpiece was a ''Resurrection of Christ'' by Francesco Monti, but more recent descriptions mention a ''Madonna and Child with young St John the Baptist and Angels'' by

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (c. 1500–1569) was an Italian painter active in the Mannerist style. Biography Bedoli was born in Parma in a family coming from Viadana in Lombardy. He was a near contemporary of Parmigianino, and after the early deat ...

. Adjacent to the church is the former monastery of the

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, who officiated at the church from 1257 till 1798, when the order was suppressed. The monastery has a

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cloister designed by Ziliolo da Reggio, the capitals of the columns were sculpted by Antonio Ferrari d'Agrate. In 1566, the monastery received the title of Abbey. The monastery now belongs to the Dominican order.Turismo Parma
, entry on church.

References

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