Church of San Sisto
Via San Sisto
Piacenza, May 2024
“San Sisto is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church, located on the Via of the same name in north-central Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The church and an adjacent convent and hospital were founded in 874 by Queen Angilberga, wife of the Emperor Louis II. She had been exiled some years after his death, but in 882, she was allowed to return to Italy, where she became abbess of the Benedictine convent, presumably this one. The convent became wealthy due to grants of significant privileges and properties in northern Italy. Over the centuries, several orders of monks and nuns competed for control of the convent until 1425, when it was assigned to the Benedictine order of Monte Cassino. In 1499, the convent commissioned the present church building from Alessio Tramello. It was consecrated in 1511.” (San Sisto, Wikipedia)
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