San Nicomede, Salsomaggiore
San Nicomede is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic rural parish church located in the neighborhood of the same name, in Salsomaggiore, province of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
History[edit]
By 870, a church was located at a rural site. The site held a well, still in the crypt, that supposedly was granted healing powers by the saint. The church was previously known as the church of the Fontana Broccola due to this fountain.[1] In 876, the local bishop Vibodo transferred the supposed relics of San Nicomede, martyr of Domitian's persecutions.
The structure we see today was constructed over a number of centuries. The crypt dates to its origins, while the apse and nave date to the 14th century. The church was rebuilt in a Lombard-Gothic revival architecture style in 1909. The belltower and façade with rose window and roofline spires was added then. Some of the elements of the crypt are ancient Roman spolia.[2] Its status as a parish church diminished when another church was inaugurated in 1933 in the frazione of Ponteghiara; a formal transfer was completed in 1965.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Information site for Salsomaggiore.
- ^ Piazza Duomo Parma, San Moderanno entry.
- ^ Diocesan site for San Nicomedi, official site.