The Co-cathedral of SS. Marziale and Alberto in Colle Val d'Elsa

Civic and Diocesan Museum

We urge you to continue your tour in the museum, which houses art works and liturgical objects from Colle di Val d’Elsa and the surrounding countryside. Most of these holdings were originally in the churches within the city. Among the works once placed in the Co-cathedral we can admire:

 

Giovanni Antonio Galli, known as Spadarino (1585-1651/53): Saint Sylvester I Baptizing the Emperor Constantine, first half of the 17th century, oil on canvas. The painting once hung above the altar of the Cathedral chapel dedicated to Saint Sylvester, after the name of the noble Salvestrini family of Colle who financed it; the chapel was dismantled in 1874 in order to dedicate it to the Immaculate Conception. The canvas shows the Saint baptizing the Emperor Constantine. This episode is considered to be the event that marked the end of the persecutions of the early Christians by the Roman Emperors.

 

Gennaro Landi (painter active from the last decade of the 18th to the early 19th century): Angels Carrying the Image of Our Lady of Comfort above the Cathedrals of Arezzo and Colle, oil on canvas. This painting was placed in 1801 in the Chapel of the Ascension by Bishop Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti to celebrate the departure of the French army from Tuscany. It shows a group of angels holding the image of Our Lady of Comfort above the Cathedrals of Colle di Val d’Elsa and Arezzo. It is . . .

  • Palazzo dei Priori, seat of the Civic and Diocesan Museum.
  • Spadarino, Saint Sylvester Baptizing Emperor Constantine, first half of the 17th century.
  • Landi G., Angels Carrying the Image of Our Lady of Comfort above the Cathedrals of Arezzo and Colle, 1801.
  • Saint Albert’s chalice, middle of the fifteenth century.
  • Saint Albert’s paten, middle of the fifteenth century.
  • Treasure of Galognano, 6th century.
▒