Interior Guide

N.B.: The works mark with * actually (october '96) are not present because they are in restoration (*R) or in exhibition at Manzi Palace on wood sculpture (*M)

  1. S. PAOLINO, by unknown author (1606).
  2. HOLY TRINITY, by Bartolomeo Neroni called IL RICCIO, dated 1566.
  3. HOLY VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD and SAINTS by Alessandro Ardenti, dated 1565.
  4. Between s. Barbara and s. Bartolomeo: S. ANSANO, wood sculpture by Francesco di Domenico VALDAMBRINO(1435).
  5. S. TEODORO, by Pietro Testa called THE LUCCHESINO (1612-1650).
  6. CHOIRS, by Nicolao and Vincenzo Civitali, 16th century. To observe the roman period mask place as a decoration of the choir on the right.
  7. ORGAN, 19th century, played by Giacomo Puccini, a parishioner of this Church.
  8. Chapel of the Crucifix. Infront (*M) CRUCIFIX, in polichrome wood, work of a northern artist of the 14th century. On the left: FRONTALS, representing the deposition of s. Paolino and of the other saints, 14th century. On the right: Madonna with the Child and Saints, by an anonymous author, 19th century.
  9. CHAPEL OF THE MIRACLE. Infront: MIRACLE OF S. PAOLINO, by Girolamo Scaglia, 17th century. On the right: THE HOLY VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD AND SAINTS, by Lorenzo Zacchia, signed and dated 1585.
  10. (*M) PROCLAIMING ANGEL, by Pietro d'Angelo di Guarniero, father of Jacopo from Quercia. Polychromed wood of 14th century.
  11. CENTRAL NAVE: length 44 mt; height 18,35 mt. On the windows of the facade, of the choir and of the transept WINDOW GLASSES of the first half of the 16th century.
  12. MAIN CHAPEL. At the center: MAIN ALTAR in precious wood and bronze (1580). At the sides: SEATS OF THE CHOIR, worked by Salimbene Magni (1563). On the walls GREAT FRESCOES: Below: by Filippo Gherardi (1643-1704), representing the MIRACLE OF S. PAOLINO (on the right) and the MARTYRDOM OF S. PAOLINO (on the left); Above, by fra Stefano Cassiani, called the Certosino(1714), representing THE PREACHING OF S. PAOLINO (on the right), S. PAOLINO BAPTIZES (on the left), THE GLORY OF S. PAOLINO (on the wall at the back), THE PARADISE (on the vault).
  13. CHOIR. (on the wall at the back, at the sides: RELIQUARIES, in gilted wood, a lucchese handicraft, dated 1605; at the center: S. PAOLINO, of Michele Marcucci (1901); at the center: Choir MUSIC-STAND, in wood of the 17th century. Back of the Main Altar: SARCOPHAGUS PALACHRISTIAN of the 4th-5th century. Above this: URN, with the bones of s. Paolino and of the martyrs, his companions, 13th century.
  14. (*M) S. Paolino sculptured on plychromed wood of the 14th century.
  15. CHAPEL OF THE HOLY VIRGIN. Infront: INCORONATION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, a distemper by an anonymous of the 15th century. At the background of the representation, the most antique panoramic picture of Lucca medieval. On the left: S. BARBARA, a distemper by Agostino Marti, 17th century.
  16. SACRISTY.
  17. CHAPEL OF ST. JOSEPH. Infront: ST. JOSEPH WITH THE CHILD, of Lorenzo Castellotti, 18th century. On the right: MADONNA WITH THE CHILD AND LITLLE ST. JOHN, by an anonymous author, 16th century.
  18. MARTYRDOM OF S. VALERIO, of Paolo Guidotti, called THE MIDDLE CLASS CAVALRYMAN (1560-1629).
  19. Between s. Gioacchino e s. Anna, canvas of Giulia Merli, dated 1828, MADONNA WITH THE CHILD, in precious stone of Paris, of an anonymous author, 14th century.
  20. HOLY VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD AND SAINTS, by Francesco Vanni, 16th century.
  21. THE DEPOSITION, by Giovanni Domenico Lombardi, called l'OMINO (1682-1751). On the wall of the facade: BAPTISMAL FONT, 15th-16th century.
  22. S. DONATO, by an anonymous author (1606).
  23. HOLY WATER FONT, by Nicolao Civitali (1482-1560).
  24. External front: S. PAOLINO, sculptured by an anonymous author (1710).
  25. External front: S. DONATO, sculptured by an anonymous author (1710).