San Lorenzo (12th century)

An inscribed Cippus (4th century AD) from this church, which is now in Sant' Eufemia, recorded that Bishop Spes (ca. 380-410) and his daughter Calvenzia (a virgin, consecrated to God)  had discovered the relics of St Vitalis and that Bishop Spes had them under an altar here, which he had dedicated to the saint.  Bishop Paolo Sanvitale translated the relics and the inscription to the Duomo in 1597. 

• The inscription was broken, probably during its translation.  The complete text is known from a transcription contained in a letter written by Bishop Sanvitale. [CIL XI 4966]
  

• A relic of the tibia of St Vitalis, which is contained in a reliquary (1597) commissioned by Bishop Sanvitale, is now in the Cappella delle Reliquie, Duomo.

The church was effectively rebuilt in 1910.

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