San Benedetto, Parma

Santa Benedetto is a

Salesian order

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History

A Benedictine monastery was found at the site since 947. The church was rebuilt between 1491 and 1506 with designs by Pellegrino da Pontremoli,

Gesuati order by the Duke Ottavio Farnese. When that order was suppressed at the pope's behest in 1668, this became a parish church. The monastery became a refuge for fallen women.^[1]^[2]

References

^ femmine cadute, pericolanti, e mal maritate
^ Nuova descrizione della città di Parma, by Paolo Donati, 1824, page 49-50.

44°48′11″N 10°20′11″E / 44.80311°N 10.33637°E / 44.80311; 10.33637

[1] femmine cadute, pericolanti, e mal maritate

[2] Nuova descrizione della città di Parma, by Paolo Donati, 1824, page 49-50.

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