Church of San Biagio - Orsoline Garden

The church faces the small village square, where, in the 13th century, a church dedicated to St. Peter is recorded. In the adjacent cemetery area, two chapels were erected, dedicated to St. James and St. Blaise, which were severely damaged, along with the church and the entire village, by the floods of 1464 and 1472. To repair the damage, the church designed and built by Master Pietro Tedesco was reconstructed incorporating the chapels: St. James’ chapel was transformed into the nave of the new church, while a new chapel (also dedicated to St. James) was created symmetrically to St. Blaise’s chapel, on the opposite side of the nave. The frescoes in the chapel are attributed to Pietro da San Vito.
The façade facing the square is defined by a gabled roof with a wooden structure and tile covering, and a Gothic portal dating from 1492 (work of Biagio de Meritis and Toni de Locria). The frescoes on the façade, painted between 1506 and 1508 by Zuanne da Toscanys and Pauli Impintor, depict St. Christopher and St. James slaying the dragon.
The internal frescoes date from the 13th and 14th centuries. The irregular dome rests on four spherical triangular pedestals and depicts scenes from the life of St. Blaise. The St. James’s chapel features a Baroque altar from 1680.
To the north of the church is now accessible the Orsoline Garden, a green space acquired by the Municipality of Cividale in 2010 and open to the public since 2015.