San Leonardo, Catholic church in Lower Bergamo, Italy

San Leonardo stands at a central junction where several major streets converge, displaying a facade divided by pilasters and a 14th-century portal. The interior is laid out as a single nave with multiple altars and paintings by Antonio Cifrondi from the late 1600s.

The church was originally built on a site where ancient temples once stood and received its dedication to Saint Leonard in 1017. After a fire in 1310, it was rebuilt and continued to serve the community.

The church was long a centre of charity: the Crocigeri fathers, whose three-cross emblem survives on the private cloister capitals, cared for the needy and orphans. A consortium based here distributed food in Bergamo's prisons, as Saint Leonard was invoked as protector of prisoners.

The building sits at an easily accessible location where several main streets converge and form a open area. From here, you can easily explore the surrounding neighborhood and its adjoining streets.

The church kept a consortium that distributed food in Bergamo's prisons, since Saint Leonard was venerated as protector of prisoners. The cloister capitals still carry the three-cross emblem of the Crocigeri, the order that ran the adjoining convent and cared for the needy and orphans.