San Fortunato, Rimini

San Fortunato is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rimini, Italy.

The church was founded in the first decade of the 15th century, after a donation by Carlo Malatesta, to the Benedictine Order of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. The site had belonged to an order of Friars of San Paolo Eremita. The church was initially called Santa Maria di Scolca, and was attached to the Olivetan Abbey till the Napoleonic suppression in 1797. The monastery was demolished in 1802.

The church contains a main altarpiece depicting the Adoration of the Magi by Giorgio Vasari.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Guida del forestiere nella città di Rimini, by Luigi Tonini, 1864, page 62.


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