Saints Girolamo and Vitale Church

Address and contacts

Via San Girolamo, 24 - 42121 Reggio nell'Emilia
0039 0522 438675 - Saint Girolamo Charity Home
0039 0522 431926 - Achille Vezzosi (from Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m / 3.00 - 6.00 p.m.)
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Opening times

The church is open to the public only during the Easter period and during special events. Guided tours are available during the year upon reservation only, contacting in advance the Brotherhood of Saints Girolamo and Vitale.

Entrance fees

Free entrance during at Easter time.

The guided tour, arranged in advance, costs 3.00 € per person and starts only with a minimum of 10 people.

How to get there

Reggio nell'Emilia - Town centre

Historical notes

The central part of the church is very old. In 1400 it passed to the San Girolamo Order which restored the church in 1646 entrusting Gaspare Vigarani, famous architect and scenographer who also worked at the court of Louis XIV of France, with the work.

The interior is particularly original and is composed of three oratories linked to each other by marble corridors and stairs, one of which is known as "Scala Santa" (Holy Stairs), following the original model in Rome. A rectangular-shaped church is placed at the front portico; the other, called "La Rotonda" (The Round-shaped) is designed in two tiers of colonnades placed one on top of the other, decorated with statues of saints in stucco. Finally, there is the "Sotterranea" (the Crypt) where has been rebuilt a copy of the Jerusalem sepulchre.