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Column of Santa Felicita
- When to go
- Check opening hours before you go
Getting there
- Getting there
- FRESCOBALDI · bus 11, 18, C1, C3, C4 · 290 mBORGO SAN IACOPO · bus C1, C3, C4 · 70 mBARDI · bus C1, C3, C4 · 240 m
About
The Column of Santa Felicita is a monumental column with Corinthian capital standing in front of the church of Santa Felicita in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Putatively the column was erected to celebrate the 13th-century victories or crusades led by the Dominican friar Peter of Verona against the Cathar heresy in Northern Italy. In 1484, the capital had a terracotta statue Peter of Verona preaching, as he had to the Florentines and organizing his militia of the "Società di Santa Maria" used to persecute heretics. The column was financed by Amerigo De Rossi, whose ancestor was a follower of the Dominican preacher. There is some evidence that the column was erected earlier at the site of some former paleochristian tombs, and was surmounted by crosses.
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