San Rocco, Piacenza Explained

San Rocco
Native Name:Chiesa di San Rocco
Native Name Lang:it
Country:Italy
Location:Piacenza
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founded Date:16th Century
Dedication:Saint Roch
Architectural Type:Baroque

San Rocco Church 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luoghi di culto - Chiesa di San Rocco - Necrologie La Repubblica . 2023-07-24 . Necrologie . it.
  2. Web site: 2019-08-06 . Tourer.it - Chiesa di San Rocco - PIACENZA (PC) . 2023-07-24 . TOURER.it - Esplora il patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna . it-IT.