San Leonardo in Borghi, Lucca

The church of San Leonardo in Borghi is a church in Lucca located on Via San Leonardo.

Built in 1118, it was indemanized in the Napoleonic period, and totally renovated when it was reopened for worship in 1821. Of the medieval structures only the south side remains, reused in the present building. Of the ancient furnishings remains the Madonna in Glory between Saints Leonard and Mark the Evangelist by Giovanni Marracci. Some paintings formerly placed in the destroyed Gonfalone Oratory also became part of its heritage, including Paolo Biancucci's Madonna of Mercy and Gaspare Mannucci's Madonna of Miracles, preserved in the sacristy. In 1917 a chapel was opened by painter Giuseppe Lunardi, which is the only organic example of Art Nouveau in a Lucchese church, and where a Madonna and Child by sculptor Augusto Passaglia is venerated.