Chiesa di San Lorenzo (e San Biagio)

The Church of San Lorenzo and San Biagio in Popoli Terme brings a sixteenth-century layout together with later devotional furnishings. Its interior preserves a small ensemble of carved stone, woodwork and painting.

Why it matters

The building records successive contributions to the religious life of the historic centre. Its fittings demonstrate how a church could be enriched over time without belonging to one decorative campaign.

What to notice

The high altar is attributed to Mancini and dated 1745. An eighteenth-century wooden choir accompanies a holy-water stoup and baptismal font. Paintings of the Madonna and Child and the Madonna of Constantinople add further devotional subjects.

Context and history

The church’s recorded arrangement dates to 1562. Later furnishings belong to the eighteenth-century artistic renewal of Popoli’s churches. The joint dedication to Lawrence and Blaise is part of the building’s local identity, while the stone and wooden fittings preserve different phases of its decoration.