San Bartolo in San Gimignano, Romanesque church in San Gimignano, Italy

San Bartolo is a brick church on Via San Matteo, outside the Porta Cellolese. Its single nave has a trussed roof and no apse, and the facade, built between 1195 and 1215, is divided into two galleries of five blind arches. The stone cornice on the south side is the only surviving part of the 1173 building.

Traditionally identified as the Hospitaller hospital of San Matteo, built in 1173 along the Via Francigena outside the Porta Cellolese. The first document mentioning it dates from 21 June 1196, when the bishop of Volterra placed the churches of via Cellolese under the provost of San Gimignano. By the 14th century San Bartolo and San Biagio were already united; in 1572 the society of San Bartolo was founded and gave the church its name.

Locally called Santo Bartolo, the church takes its name from the Società di San Bartolo, established in 1572. By 1576 it was united with the Collegiata, which appointed its rector, though the patronage still belonged to the people in 1645. Inside, the lunette of the portal arch shows red-painted six-petalled rosettes framed by stylised tendrils.

The church stands on Via San Matteo, outside the Porta Cellolese of the first wall circuit, along the route of the Via Francigena. The interior floor changes level between the presbytery and the rest of the single nave, so watch the step. The facade faces the street; the southern side, with its two portals and three double-splayed windows, is the part to examine for construction phases.

The stone cornice on the south side is considered the only surviving part of the 1173 church, older than the brick façade built between 1195 and 1215. The left inner wall also keeps stonework from a building that predates 1173.