San Flaviano Church

San Flaviano is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in Montefiascone. The stone façade from 1252 has three different size arches, and is surmounted by a roofed balcony. The lower church we see today was erected on an older building in the 11th-century. The church was dedicated to the early Byzantine martyr Flaviano. The structure has a lower and upper church.

The lower church has columns with capitals carved with animal and vegetable motifs. The walls and chapels contain numerous frescoes. A twelfth century fresco of Christ Pantocrator is found on the lower apse, above a depiction of Saint Flaviano martyr on horseback.

The upper church interiors was partially refurbished in the 18th century under the patronage of Cardinal Pompeo Aldovrandi. He commissioned a canvas by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, depicting the Martyrdom of St Flaviano (1740) for one of the chapels.

Address
Via Orvietana 24, Montefiascone, Italy

Established
13th century