San Torpete

Church of Saint Torpes (Chiesa di San Torpete)
The façade of the church.
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Genoa
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	National monument
Status	Active
Location
Location	Genoa, Italy
Interactive map of Church of Saint Torpes (Chiesa di San Torpete)
Coordinates
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1730
Completed	1733

San Torpete is a church in central Genoa, northern Italy, dedicated to Saint Torpes. It was founded in the 11th century by local merchants. It was rebuilt in 1730 under designs conceived by Giovanni Antonio Ricca.

The interior ceiling is decorated with paintings and stucco by Giovanni Bernardo Carlone depicting scenes of the Life of San Torpete. An altarpiece of Madonna with St Thomas Becket of Canterbury, St Lucia and John the Baptist is attributed to the studio of Luca Cambiaso or Andrea Semini. The small statue of the Virgin of Providence at the main altar was completed by Giovanni Battista Drago. The altar of San Filippo Neri has a painting depicting The Saint in ecstasy attributed to the studio of Giovanni Battista Paggi.

See also

• 18th-century Western domes

Sources

• Paglieri, Nadia Pazzini; Rinangelo Paglieri (1990). Chiese in Liguria. Genoa: Sagep Editrice. ISBN 88-7058-361-9.