Church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio, Parabiago
Facts and practical information
The church of Saints Gervasius and Protasius is the prepositural church of Parabiago, as well as the seat of the Pieve di Parabiago until 1972, when the Milanese parishes were dissolved.
The Pieve di Parabiago already existed in the 13th century: the communities of Arluno, Canegrate, Cantalupo, Casorezzo, Cerro Maggiore, San Vittore and Uboldo depended on it.
The prepositura and pieve were abolished in 1582 by order of St. Charles Borromeo, and the church became a parish subject to the new pieve of Legnano. In 1841 Cardinal Carlo Gaetano di Gaisruck restored the prepositural title to it, and 4 years later he again established the pieve, comprising the same communities as in the Middle Ages, with the addition of San Giorgio su Legnano.
The church houses a historic 1841 Carrera organ; the current official organist is Pietro Ferrario, director of the choir Ensemble vocale Calycanthus.
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