Santi Vito e Modesto Church, Parish church in Lomazzo, Italy.
Santi Vito e Modesto Church is a parish church in Lomazzo designed with clean lines and classical proportions. The building features a symmetrical facade with columns that define its neoclassical character.
The church dedicated to Saint Vito dates to the late Roman era, when Lomazzo was a border pagus between Mediolanum and Novocomum. Its Milanese allegiance was confirmed in 1170, and the Peace of Lomazzo treaties with Como were signed in front of it in 1249 and 1286. It stayed under the Archdiocese of Milan until 1974, passing to Como by Cardinal Martini's decree of 8 March 1981.
The square in front of the church keeps the medieval name Brolo, the open ground where public assemblies were held; there the Peace of Lomazzo between Como and Milan was signed on 30 March 1286, and a plaque set into a nearby building facade recalls it. Inside, an altar is dedicated to the Beata Vergine Addolorata, whose statue is venerated here.
The church stands on the piazza called Brolo, the open space in front of the facade, which was enlarged in the 1930s by demolishing old buildings; a plaque on a nearby building marks the 1286 Peace of Lomazzo. The parish is still listed in the phone book as "Parrocchia ambrosiana di San Vito", a reminder of the Ambrosian rite used until 1974.
The parish phone book still lists San Vito as "Parrocchia ambrosiana di San Vito", more than forty years after the 1981 decree of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini moved it to the Diocese of Como and the Roman rite.
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