San Benedetto, Florence

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San Benedetto, old entrance

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.

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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.

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References

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