Santa Sofia, Lendinara
church building in Lendinara, Italy
The Church of Santa Sofia (Italian: Duomo di Lendinara) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Lendinara, in the Province of Rovigo, region of Veneto, Italy.
History
The church was built in 1070 atop the ruins of a pagan temple as an oratory of the Cattaneo family. Around 1550, it became property of the Molin family, and by 1674 was in a dilapidated state. In 1760 the Molin-Minio family commissioned the architect Angelo Santini to restore the church. Refurbishment took years. The facade and bell-tower were designed by Francesco Antonio Baccari and construction also took decades (1797-1857). Originally two bell-towers were planned.
The frescoes in the apse (1796) and cupola, depicting a Transfiguration in the former and a Triumph of the Church and the Four Doctors in the latter, were painted by Giorgio Anselmi. In 1938 Poloni and Casanova restored the murals.
The first altar on left has a canvas of St Antony of Padua (1942) by the painter Casanova.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3716412. VIAF identifies the subject as 207640081. Authority coordinates are 45.085, 11.604. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1070, 1550, 1674 and 1760.
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