A church at this site was built in 1073 by
Benedictine order
Vallombrosan monks at the site of a previous religious temple. The monks were patronized by
Matilde di Canossa and
Fulcone d'Este. In 1117, the church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but that same year, an earthquake devastated the town and required extensive reconstruction for both the church and monastery. The church was made a parish church in 1336, it was enlarged in the 16th-century with the addition of an atrium and a
Loggia delle Convertite. and during the 19th century, the church was attached to initially Salesian nuns, then the order of Stimatini. The cloisters and the
Chapel of the House of Loreto were also destroyed in the aerial bombardment of April 6, 1945. The original facade, seen inside the
narthex reveals the unusual Romanesque construction, mixing stones, mortar, and brick, in alternating layers. At the rear of the church, the tall square belltower, also striped with stone and brick, has three arched windows near the roofline, and the roof is cone with three corner pinnacles. The belltower was built under the patronage of Viviano Bevilacqua. The church has a Latin layout and a semicircular choir and two chapels serving as transepts. The belltower contains six bells in F#, cast in 1803 and hung for
Veronese bellringing art. Among the main works: a sculpture of the
Trinity by
Enrico di Rigino; a
Trinità in maestà; an
Annunciation by
Martino da Verona;
Apostles by
Giacomo da Verona, and frescoes by the Brusasorzi; canvases by
Jacopo Ligozzi,
Domenico and
Felice Brusasorzi, and
Giovanni Battista Caliari. ==References==