Parish church of S. Paterniano
The Parish Church of S. Paterniano has very ancient origins, prior to the 12th century. The saint was born in 275 in Fano (PS) in the Marche region; bishop of his city for 42 years, he died there in 360. His body was then transferred to the basilica dedicated to him and still existing.
Patron of Fano and diocese, it is celebrated on 10 July (translation) and 13 November (liturgical feast). The cult was brought to various parts of Italy and abroad by the Benedictines. The temple was rebuilt in the seventeenth century due to the abandonment of the ancient church dedicated to him outside the town.
The façade, marked by lateral pilasters, is crowned by a triangular tympanum surmounted by a small cross; in the center stands an oculus. Above the portal is a lunette with a stained glass window. On the back, brick bell tower with two bells and pyramidal crowning. Inside, with a single nave with apse, seventeenth-century canvas ("Assunta and Saints"), of modest workmanship; in a niche, a wooden statue of S. Paterniano.
On the main altar a simulacrum of the Assumption. Embedded in the wall, the "Cross of Indulgences" granted by Pope Leo XIII in 1901. According to Palma, in 1587 it belonged to Giulio Bellolatte of Fermo, servant of Pope Sixtus V.
