Until7Nov
Lecco Città dei Promessi Sposi
The autumn festival Lecco devotes to Manzoni, around Villa Manzoni: readings, tours, talks and the Camminata Manzoniana walk.
Villa Manzoni and other places in Lecco
Lecco
Church and Museum of Blessed Serafino, Lecco
The Romanesque church of Chiuso, in Lecco, with fifteenth-century frescoes and the urn of Blessed Serafino Morazzone, the parish priest who inspired one of Manzoni's characters; in the nearby rectory, the museum devoted to him.
- Visit duration
- 20 min – 1 h
- Booking
- Recommended
- Area
- Lecco Branch
Why go
The church of San Giovanni Battista, known as Beato Serafino, stands in Chiuso, a district of Lecco associated with Manzoni's literary settings.
Romanesque in origin, it retains fifteenth-century frescoes attributed to Giovan Pietro da Cemmo. A side chapel holds the urn and the chest that contained the remains of Blessed Serafino Morazzone, traditionally remembered as Alessandro Manzoni's confessor. The district is linked to the meeting between the Unnamed and Cardinal Federigo Borromeo in The Betrothed. The nearby former rectory houses the museum of the blessed priest, with documents, objects and lithographs of the novel by Roberto Focosi.
- A Romanesque church with fifteenth-century frescoes, on a stop of the Manzoni Itinerary.
- Blessed Serafino Morazzone, by tradition Manzoni's confessor, between the church and the museum in his rectory.
Highlights
- The fifteenth-century frescoes attributed to Giovan Pietro da Cemmo
- The side chapel with the Blessed's urn
- The hall with its pointed arches and square apse
- The museum in the rectory on Via dell'Innominato
Getting there
- It stands at Chiuso, a district south-east of central Lecco, on Corso Bergamo at the corner of Via Pietro da Cemmo; the museum is in the rectory at Via dell'Innominato 2, a few minutes' walk away.
Accessibility
- The doorway is at street level; inside, a flight of stairs leads up to the nave.
On the map
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Sources and credits
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Sources and credits
Verified at source1 Oct 2026Lecco Tourismopens in a new tab
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.