The history of the Church of Saints Giuseppe and Pantaleone

The construction of this place of worship began in 1326, following the donation that the Lords of Spilimbergo made to the Bishop of Concordia. They donated the hospital house (then managed by the Confraternity of the Battuti) and the surrounding land, where the church was indeed built.

In 1327 it was consecrated and dedicated to Saint Pantaleone martyr and, although not yet completed, it was entrusted to the Confraternity of the Battuti. A few years later, in 1342, the church first passed into the hands of the Augustinian friars and then to the nuns of the same order. Since then, it is popularly called the church of the Friars.

It was restored and transformed several times, especially in the 18th century, when the apse was enlarged and the Marsoni chapel was built (the altar with the statue of the Madonna della Cintura is magnificent). Recently, the stations of the Via Crucis were created by the Mosaic School.

(Text: ViviSpilimbergo - Photo Denis Scarpante)

The building appears very simple in context: the plan is rectangular and the facade is gabled; a statue of Saint Augustine, dated 1730, is placed above the portal, made in 1523. The interior also maintains a certain simplicity: with a single nave (originally it was three), with a ceiling made of trusses and three Gothic apses that feature four eyes on the front, decorated in mosaic by Rino Pastorutti (1998).

What greatly enriches the sacred building is the presence of the Wooden Choir, considered one of the masterpieces of wood sculpture from the Renaissance period. Created between 1475 and 1477 by the Vicentine master Marco Cozzi, it was originally positioned inside the Duomo, but since 1959, it has been housed in the church of the Friars.

Completing the church's heritage is the monumental mechanical organ with three manuals, a work created by Gustavo and Francesco Zanin of Codroipo and placed here in 1981.

(Text: ViviSpilimbergo)