Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova, Catholic church in Ferrara, Italy

Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova e San Biagio stands at Via Aldighieri 46 in Ferrara. Its façade regained a 14th–15th-century look in a 1921 restoration, with a marble plaque quoting Dante's Paradiso XV on the right. The interior, rebuilt after 1944 bombing and finished in 1949, holds a 17th-century wooden crucifix by Tommaso Gandolfi and, behind the main altar, Scarsellino's Miracolo della Neve.

A chapel called Santa Maria dei Pescatori stood by the Lacus Mariae from the 7th century; a larger church replaced it in 911. Known as Santa Maria Nuova from 1138, it gained its present plan around 1182. In 1708 the title of San Biagio passed here when that church was demolished for the papal fortress, and a chapel for the saint's jaw relic was set up in 1709.

The name refers to a rededication of an older place of worship that once stood here. Visitors can still see artworks inside that date from the time the church was established.

The church is easily reached on foot in Ferrara's old town. Visitors should note that the doors are typically open during daytime hours for those wishing to attend services or view the interior.

The Aldighieri crypt was built in 1921, the sixth centenary of Dante's death, when the family's remains were gathered there; the same restoration gave the facade its 14th-15th-century look and added a marble plaque quoting Paradiso XV, 137-8 on Dante's maternal ancestors. The crypt needs constant upkeep against flooding.