San Giovanni Battista, Rimini

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San Giovanni Battista is a

Roman Catholic church located on Via XX settembre #1870 in Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna
, Italy.

History

The church was located adjacent to the site of a paleo-Christian basilica, dedicated to San Stefano, and erected sometime in the 5th century under the patronage of

Capuchin friars
till 1805, when it became again a parish.

Interiors

In 1864, an inventory of the artworks included:

The apse now has a wooden crucifix of the 14th or 15th centuries, restored in the 1960s. The Crucifix is in a framed wood and stucco altarpiece by Trentanove.[6]

References

  1. ^ Guida del forestiere nella città di Rimini, by Luigi Tonini, 1864, page 47.
  2. ^ According to Tonnini San Gregorio is no longer extant.
  3. ^ Rimini Turismo, entry.
  4. ^ La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 2. Provincie di Ravenna, Ferrara, Forli', Luigi Borsari, 1901, page 282.
  5. ^ Guida del forestiere nella città di Rimini, by Luigi Tonini, 1864, page 47.
  6. ^ Rimini Turismo, entry.