San Leonardo
This Church, home of the confraternity of the same name, was closed during the Napoleonic period and became municipal property.
It was used for secular purposes, which caused severe degradation of the fresco cycle, dating back to the 16th century, that covers the internal walls and the external lunettes of the eaves cornice. The 15th-century building was recently (1982) recovered and restored by the Monuments Superintendency, with a timely intervention that prevented its total loss.
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Exterior and interior
In its current appearance, the small church dates back to the first half of the 14th century. It consists of a single rectangular room with a pointed arch portal on the facade, topped by a small oculus.
On the sides, it features two small arches that continue along the side walls and originally contained painted busts of saints.
The interior still preserves some of the frescoes, created between the first half of the 14th century and the 15th century, which narrate the life of San Leonardo and scenes of the birth of Jesus and the Passion of Christ. Recent restorations have brought to light important frescoes attributable to the school of Giotto and/or Vitale da Bologna, who worked in the Udine Cathedral from 1348 to 1349. In the apse, the crucifixion of Christ is depicted, and on the counter facade, the Last Judgment.
Source: turismo.prolocofagagna.it
