Ognissanti, Florence

Ognissanti, Florence
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CountryItaly
Architecture
Architect(s)Bartolomeo Pettirossi
StyleBaroque
Nave of Ognissanti
St Jerome in his Study, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1480

The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti (Italian: [ˈkjɛːza di oɲɲisˈsanti, ˈkjeː-, - dj -]; "Church of All Saints"),[n 1] is a Franciscan church located on the eponymous piazza [it] in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Founded by the lay order of the Umiliati, the church was dedicated to all the saints and martyrs, known and unknown.

It is the burial place of the famous Early Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli, as well as Age of Discovery-era explorer Amerigo Vespucci, from whom the name "America" is derived.
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