San Benedetto, Florence

San Benedetto is a small, Roman Catholic former parish church, then oratory, located in a piazza of the same name just off the piazza of the Duomo of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

San Benedetto, old entrance

History

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The church was founded around the year 1000, but transferred from parish to a confraternity. It was suppressed in 1771,[1] and still retains a chapel with an altarpiece depicting the Miracle of San Zanobi, attributed to Bernardo Veracini.

43°46′20″N 11°15′26″E / 43.772256°N 11.257169°E / 43.772256; 11.257169

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Le chiese di Firenze dal secolo IV al secolo XX., by Arnaldo Cocchi, page 126-127.