SS Stefano e Valentino

(12th century)

Photograph courtesy of
the Umbra Institute

The church is first documented in the diploma (1163) of Emperor Frederick I.  A second nave was added to the left of the original in the 14th century.  Note the lovely relief of the Pietà in the lunette above its entrance.

The original dedication was as San Stefano: San Valentino was added in 1819 when the parish of San Valentino (see Walk III) was suppressed.

Fresco fragments (early 14th century)

The fragmentary frescoes of SS Michael and Catherine on the counter-façade of the left nave are attributed to the Maestro Ironico.  They were originally part of a frescoed polyptych that is documented as a donation by a poor man who could not afford a real frame.

Madonna and Child with saints (1535)

This detached fresco by Domenico Alfani on the wall at the end of the left nave, which depicts the Madonna and Child with SS Valentine, Nicholas of Bari, Antony of Padua and Vincent Ferrer, is in the form of a fictive altarpiece.  Its original location is unknown, although the presence of St Valentine suggests that it came from San Valentino.  The attribution, although well founded on stylistic grounds, was made only in 1921.

Copy of a polyptych (1911) by l’ Alunno

This polyptych is to the right of the high altar.  It depicts the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, with flanking panels of SS Nicholas of Bari and Cecilia.  God the Father and the Annunciation are in the panels above.   [Original?]