San Rocco, Piacenza

San Rocco
Chiesa di San Rocco
Map
45°03′05″N 9°41′55″E / 45.051301°N 9.698614°E / 45.051301; 9.698614
LocationPiacenza
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Founded16th Century
DedicationSaint Roch
Architecture
Architectural typeBaroque

San Rocco Church (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church, located at the corner of Vie Roma and Legnano, two blocks northeast of the Duomo, in central Piacenza, Italy.

History

It is dedicated to Saint Roch, patron of those afflicted by the Plague.[1] It was constructed in the 16th century.[2]

Commissioned by the Confraternity of San Rocco, while externally plain, the interior of the church was decorated in a rich late-Baroque or Rococo style. The church houses a canvas of Madonna and Saints by Giuseppe Nuvolone, a canvas of the Life of San Rocco by Giuseppe Gorla (1722) and a Glory of San Rocco by Paolo Bozzini.

References

  1. ^ "Luoghi di culto - Chiesa di San Rocco - Necrologie La Repubblica". Necrologie (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "Tourer.it - Chiesa di San Rocco - PIACENZA (PC)". TOURER.it - Esplora il patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna (in Italian). 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2023-07-24.