San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca Explained

San Pietro Somaldi is a Gothic- style, Roman Catholic church located on a Piazza of the same name, near the location of the old medieval walls, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

History

A Lombard church, it was named in part after a bishop Sumualdo or Summal, who founded the church in 763. It was once property of the Lombard king Aistulf. Reconstruction of a new church started in the 12th-century, and was not complete until 14th-centuries.

The central portal has a sculpted relief depicting St Paul gaining keys (1248) by Guido Bigarelli of Como.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.comune.lucca.it/turismo/chiesa_san_pietro_somaldi Comune of Lucca
  2. http://www.diocesilucca.it/parrocchie.php?p=diocesi&s=parrocchie&id=407&id_ana=538 Diocese of Lucca