San Giovanni Battista, Rimini
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:
- Second chapel on right, stuccoes of an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin of the Carmine by Antonio de Cimatori[4]
- First Chapel on left, St Theresa, St Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi below the Virgin, Angels, and St Andrew Corsini by Guido Cagnacci
- Second chapel on left, Holy Trinity and Virgin with Patrons of the City by the friar Cosimo Piazza, pupil of Palma il Giovane
- Third chapel on left, Martyrdom of St Gaudenzio (1794) by Soleri
- Main altarpiece, Sermon of John the Baptist (1559) by Andrea Boscoli[5]
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
- ^ Guida del forestiere nella città di Rimini, by Luigi Tonini, 1864, page 47.
- ^ According to Tonnini San Gregorio is no longer extant.
- ^ Rimini Turismo, entry.
- ^ La patria; geografia dell' Italia: pte. 2. Provincie di Ravenna, Ferrara, Forli', Luigi Borsari, 1901, page 282.
- ^ Guida del forestiere nella città di Rimini, by Luigi Tonini, 1864, page 47.
- ^ Rimini Turismo, entry.