San Marcello, San Marcello Pistoiese
San Marcello is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Piazza Arcangeli in the town of San Marcello Pistoiese, province of Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
History[edit]
The church is dedicated to the saint Pope Marcellus I (255 – 309). A pieve, or rural paris church, was mentioned in documents from 998 as "curtem de Marcillo"; a document from 1001 in the archives of Pistoia also mentions the church.
The bell-tower and facade may have been erected or incorporated parts of an ancient fortress. In the 17th century, the razing of a church of St Michael in town, aided in the refurbishment of San Marcello. A major reconstruction occurred in 1786-1788 under the guidance of Scipione de' Ricci, the bishop of Pistoia and Prato. This bishop appears to have named a provost in 1784. The interior single nave was refurbished during 1792- 1795, adding the present marble pavement and polychrome windows. The dentral cupola was frescoed by Giuseppe Gricci. He also frescoed a Descent of the Holy Spirit (1788) and the four evangelists in the spandrels.[1]
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