San Giuliano, Baroque church in Vicenza, Italy.
San Giuliano is a baroque church in Vicenza featuring a front with four Corinthian pilasters and a triangular pediment topped with the city's coat of arms. The interior holds several altars, including a main altar with five statues, and fourteen paintings depicting the Stations of the Cross along its walls.
The church, dedicated to Saint Julian the Hospitaller, existed by 1319 beside a hospice for beggars and pilgrims on the road between Vicenza and Padua. The Minimi friars obtained it in 1647 and began a new convent in 1666 under Antonio Pizzocaro, with the larger church started in 1684 and consecrated in 1693. The municipality commissioned Pietro Cavaliere's main altar in 1702, completed in 1713 with statues by Orazio Marinali.
Locals call the church Sanzuliàn, and it was dedicated both to Saint Julian the Hospitaller and to Saint Francis of Paola, founder of the Minimi order. The Cappuccini brought here the ashes of the venerable Antonio Pagani and the remains of blessed Marco da Montegallo, founder of Vicenza's Monte di Pietà.
The church is located at Corso Padova 57, right next to the Salvi Institute, with buildings connected through spaces that once belonged to the convent. Visitors should know that the interior houses religious artworks and continues to function as an active place of worship.
The high altar was commissioned by the city in 1702 from sculptor Pietro Cavaliere and finished in 1713 with Orazio Marinali, who made the group of statues above the altar table. The church was consecrated in 1693 and dedicated to both Saint Julian and Saint Francis of Paola, founder of the Minims.
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