San Valeriano is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church located on Via Francigena 43-95 in the town of Robbio, province of Pavia, Italy.
| San Valeriano, Robbio | |
|---|---|
| San Valeriano | |
 Facade of Church | |
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| 45°17′13″N 8°35′19″E / 45.28693°N 8.58875°E | |
| Location | Robbio |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 12th Century |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Vercelli |
History
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A church at the site is documented since the 12th-century, when it was part of a Benedictine order Cluniac monastery which stood along the pilgrimage route to Rome, known as the Via Francigena. The monastery suffered much over the centuries; one inscription notes the monastery was destroyed in 1216. Built with brick, the church has three naves and the three apses ends in a typical Romanesque hemicycles. The monastery buildings are no longer extant. There are no remains of a former belltower, which was still present in the 16th-century. The church is dedicated to St Valerian, a bishop martyred in Tunisia by Genseric in 460. The relics of this Pre-Schism western saint were putatively brought to Pavia, and then to Robbio. The church was deconsecrated centuries ago, and for a time used as a warehouse or barracks. There is no internal decoration.[1]
References
edit- ^ Commune of Robbio, entry on church.