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

History

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.

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

References

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