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Church of San Francesco

Church of San Francesco

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Church of San Francesco

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Location: Cortona, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

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Karsten S.

July 15, 2019

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Chiesa di San Francesco, the first church named after Francis of Assisi, outside Assisi, the site of the 13th century Laudario di Cortona

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Simone Martelli

January 1, 2026

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The Tabernacle-Reliquary of the Holy Cross, housed in the Church of San Francesco in Cortona, is a masterpiece of Renaissance goldsmithing with a complex and multi-layered history. Commissioned in 1507 by Cesarino del Roscetto, it remained unfinished and was expanded and modified between the 16th and 17th centuries. Conceived as a symbolic vision of the heavenly Jerusalem, it housed statues of the Apostles, biblical scenes, and the relic of the True Cross. Transformed into a frontal monstrance in the 17th century, it is now housed in the niche of the church's high altar.

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