Collegiata Santo Stefano, Monte San Giusto

The Collegiata Santo Stefano is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Monte San Giusto, Province of Macerata, region of the Marche, Italy.

The Collegiata was built from 1765-1781, using designs of Giovanni Battista Vassalli and Pietro Augustoni.

The chapel of the Madonna Incoronata, patron of the city along with the saints Giusto and Tossano, holds a wooden 16th-century statue of the Madonna with the infant. One of the chapels holds a Madonna del Carmine and Saints painted by Sebastiano Ricci. Another chapel has a altarpiece depicting Saints Giusto and Tossano and the Madonna Lauretana by Domenico Rozzi. The apse has frescoes depicting the Life and Martyrdom of St Stephen (1927) by Ciro Pavisa.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parish of Santo Stefano official website.

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