San Domenico or St Dominic is a 13th-century, Roman Catholic church, dedicated to a Marian devotion, located on Via E Rosa in San Severino Marche, region of Marche, Italy.
History
This Dominican church and adjacent convent were built in the first half of the 13th century, with a number of subsequent refurbishments, including a major one in 1664 to which it owes to its present layout. Legend holds that the site was once on land donated to St Dominic by the town. The 17th-century renovations were designed by the Dominican friar, frate Giuseppe da Palermo. The church has a Romanesque-Gothic bell-tower.
In the second altar on the right is a St Dominic sustained by Angels attributed to Carlo Cignani. From the presbytery one can access the base of the bell-tower with a cycle of 15th-century frescoes depicting the Life of St Catherine by unknown Emilian painters. In the transept are gilded and carved wood altars: one has a 17th-century altarpiece of the Pentecost by an unknown Bolognese painter. A St Lucy in the altar is attributed to Ippolito Scarsella. Another chapel with baroque decor, has a canvas by Biagio Puccini depicting the Incredulity of St Thomas.[2]