San Gaetano, Florence

A Romanesque church, dedicated solely to Saint Michael the Archangel, had been located at the site for centuries prior to its Baroque reconstruction.

Cardinal Carlo de' Medici was particularly concerned with the work, and his name is inscribed on the façade.

The entrance marble holy water fonts were sculpted in the form of shells supported by angels by Domenico Pieratti.

Along the cornice are 14 statues depicting apostles and evangelist, sculpted by Novelli, Caccini, Baratta, Foggini, Piamontini, Pettirossi, Fortini, and Cateni.

The first chapel on the right houses a Martyrdom of St Andrew by Antonio Ruggeri; the ceiling was decorated by Ottavio Vannini, who painted in the spandrels aa Ecce Homo and the Calling of Peter.

In a small corridor entering at the crossing are two mausoleums, one with the ashes of Agostino Coltellini, famous jurist and writer, depicted in a canvas.

The fifth chapel houses the main altar with a silver ciborium made by Benedetto Petrucci, and donated by the Torrigiani family.

Near the choir is a large stone tabernacle with a bronze crucifix by Francesco Susini, patronized by Prince Lorenzo de' Medici, son of Ferdinando I.

The seventh chapel houses a San Andrea Avellino stuck with apoplexy at the altar by Ignazio Hugsford.

The main altarpiece is a masterwork of Pietro da Cortona, depicting a Martyrdom of St Lawrence.