San Quirico a Legnaia, Renaissance Revival church in Legnaia district, Florence, Italy.
San Quirico a Legnaia is a church with Renaissance Revival architecture in Florence. The building displays symmetrical proportions, classical columns, and traditional details typical of early 20th century construction.
A chapel or company dedicated to Saint Quiricus is documented from 1038, when Emperor Conrad II mentioned the site of Lignaria in a donation to the Badia Fiorentina. The Bostichi family held the patronage from the church's construction, providing land and sacred furnishings, and around the end of the 14th century passed it to the Pucci. The old building was demolished between January 1900 and October 1901 and rebuilt nearby to Ezio Cerpi's design; construction irregularities required safety works finished only in 1927.
The parish is generally named for Quiricus alone, but archdiocesan documents also call it "dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta", since the two are venerated together. Its relic is Quiricus's hand, kept in a small pyx and shown on his feast day, 16 June, and at All Saints.
The church can be reached on foot through the surrounding streets of the neighborhood. It is helpful to check opening times for religious services in advance to plan a visit.
The name Legnaia comes from the Latin Lignaria, a place where timber was stored and worked; in Roman times the area was wooded and its inhabitants were woodcutters and carpenters. Emanuele Repetti also records two other explanations: defensive wooden towers around the village, or flax plantations that would have given the name Linaria.
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