Parish Church of San Tommaso from Canterbury

Address and contacts

Via Don Giovanni Minzoni, 14 - 42043 Gattatico
Phone 0039 0522 678182

How to get there

The Church is in Gattatico hamlet, 3 km from Praticello, main village of the Municipality.
See the indication to reach Gattatico

Historical notes

In 1230, the chapel of Gattatico was placed under the St. Eulalia Parish of Sant’Ilario d'Enza.
In 1628, it was transferred to the Vicariate of Castelnovo Sotto and in 1691 to the Vicariate of Sant’Ilario.
In 1841, the church was subject to the Parish of Sorbolo and then, in 1852, it was brought into the Diocese of Reggio Emilia.
The parish church, named after St. Thomas of Canterbury, has Romanesque origins but has undergone numerous transformations over centuries.
Its original entrance was on the eastern side, where the chancel and presbytery are now located.
The building conserves the relief image of an angel on a brick dating to the 11th-12th century.
The façade, with east-west orientation, has 15th-century characteristics with a double series of blind arches in the eaves moulding.
The archivaulted portal is surmounted by a large vaulted niche on demi-columns.
The construction of the bell tower, surmounted by a chamber with single-light windows with pointed arches and a spired roof, dates to 1882.