San Salvatore, Lucca

San Salvatore in Mustolio is a Romanesque- style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza of the same name in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Facade

History

A church at the site was documented since the first decades of the 11th-century, but the present layout derives from a 12th-century reconstruction. the lower 2 meters of the church used stones from the medieval walls of the town. The upper portion of the church was refurbished in the 19th century.^[1]

The church was affiliated with the Canons of San Frediano in the 18th-century. The church was suppressed under Napoleonic occupation. In 1820, it was property of the Confraternity della Carità.

The exterior facade has some 12th-century reliefs in the architraves: one depicting a Eucharistic meal, the second, a miracle of San Nicolao Prete signed by Biduino. Inside the church in 1820 was a main altarpiece depicting the Ascension of Christ by Paolo Zacchia il Vecchio. A canvas of the Assumption of Mary by Bonuccio Trénta, had been moved here from the former church of San Pietro Maggiore. There was also a St Jerome by Alessandro Ardente of Faenza, and a Saints Zita and Paolino by Gaspare Mannucci.^[2]

References

1. Comune of Lucca entry on the church.
2. Tommaso Felice Trenta, (1820) page 117-118.