San Bartolomeo di Marano (1731-6) 

This Franciscan church and convent takes its name from a nearby torrent. 

The original structure was a fortress (1408-15) built by the Trinci lords, who then gave it to the Franciscans.  It transferred to an Observant congregation in 1450.  St James of the Marches lived for a period at San Bartolomeo and died here in 1464.

The present church was rebuilt in 1731-6.  

Interior

The 1st chapel on the right is a scaled-down version of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  Pope Innocent XI granted it all of the indulgences enjoyed by the Holy Sepuchre in 1696 and Pope Innocent XII confirmed this in 1698.

Martyrdom of St Bartholomew (1502-3)

This altarpiece in the Cappella di San Bartolomeo (the 1st chapel to the left) is by Nicolò di Liberatore, called l' Alunno and his son Lattanzio di Nicolò .  It was incomplete at the time of Nicolò’s death and his will required that Lattanzio should complete it.  It depicts St Bartholomew tied to two trees while soldiers flay him alive.

Veronica (1558)

This altarpiece to the left of the presbytery is signed by Nicolò Circignani, il Pomarancio and dated by inscription.

Immaculate Conception (1592)

This altarpiece on the high altar is signed by Felice Damiani and dated.  It depicts the Virgin in a mandorla with the figures of the Trinity above, angels to the sides and SS Joachim and Anna below.  At the bottom, and angel holds an inscription Antiphon from the First Vespers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception:

Tota pulchra es, Maria

et macula originalis non est in te

Thou art all fair, O Mary

and the original stain (of sin) is not in thee                                              

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