San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on the piazza of the same name in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on the piazza of the same name in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
According to tradition, St Francis had visited Pistoia in 1220. Soon after, a few adherents of St Francis had grouped themselves in a small monastery attached to a small church called Santa Maria del Prato or Santa Maria Maddalena, located at about the location of the present church. The property appears to have been granted to them by the canons of the cathedral. As the monastery grew, a new church, representing the present structure, was begun by 1294, dedicated to the Holy Cross, and manned by the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. While the single nave structure with a number of lateral altars was completed by 1340, modifications and refurbishment proceeded for centuries. The lateral windows are thin and tall. The facade was only added in 1707.
The convent was suppressed in 1808 by the Napoleonic government, but the friars were allowed to return in 1819. In 1866, the monastery was again suppressed, this time by the Italian State and its buildings passed into property to the Commune. In 1926 the convent was again returned to a community of conventual friars. [1] In 2016, the Franciscans ceded the property and church to the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Betharram.
The description of the interiors in 1853 by Tigri, recalls the following interior decoration: [2] To the right of altar from entrance
In the presbytery
On the left of the altar
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