San Costanzo

(11th century, rebuilt in the 1890s)

The church was built on the burial site of St Constantius.  A church was first documented here in 1027 as a dependency of the Abbazia di San Pietro, and an inscription on the high altar records its re-consecration in 1205.  St Constantius became a patron saint of Perugia in 1310. 

Bishop Alessandro Odoardi re-discovered the relics of St. Constantius under the high altar in 1781.  The church was almost completely rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style in 1882-90 by Guglielmo Calderini.  This illustration shows the rebuilt facade on the left wall (which is behind the church as you approach it).

However, the portal on the left wall and the apse (which can be seen from the Botanical Gardens, to the right as you approach the church) are original.