Oratorio di San Filippo Neri Faenza

"It's not a parish, but the priest who serves it is truly special. He is always available to all the faithful who attend this church. Unfortunately, given the current situation, he can only celebrate one Holy Mass, on Saturday afternoon at 6:00 PM. It used to be celebrated on Sunday afternoons during the winter and at 9:00 PM on Sunday evenings during the summer.
Candlemas and San Biagio are also celebrated.
Masses can be celebrated for deceased loved ones."

Alessandra Pasini

"An extraordinary Baroque church, built between 1647 and 1667 for the Carmelite Order, designed by Fra Pellegrino Donato, on the site of the pre-existing church of San Tomaso. Just seven years after its inauguration, the Carmelites moved to the church of Carmine on Via Bondiolo, and their church was purchased by the Ferniani counts, who dedicated it to Saint Philip Neri. When the order was suppressed in 1777, the building was entrusted to the Congregation of the Souls in Purgatory, or Congregation of the Suffrage.
The façade features a rich yet highly textured surface, punctuated by solids and voids: niches alternate with cornices, moldings, and pilasters, creating a chiaroscuro effect unmatched in Faenza. Equally pleasing is the coexistence of brick and stone: the brick is predominant but does not detract from the beauty of the base, made of local arenaceous limestone (spungone), the lateral volutes in the upper part of the façade (the same material), and the sandstone columns framing the mullioned window at the top.
It is known that for the base, the Carmelite Fathers obtained permission to use blocks from the Roman Quadrone bridge (over the Lamone, roughly at the height of today's Via Santa Croce), which had been ruined and impassable for centuries. Also noteworthy is the oak door, with carvings and applications sculpted in the shape of skulls and other mortuary symbols.
The interior contains several important works of art, starting with the 16th-century panel depicting the Incredulity of Saint Thomas, originally from the old church and now attributed with some doubt to Sigismondo Foschi, a rare painter from Faenza who trained in Florence with Fra Bartolomeo and Andrea del Sarto.
Also worth seeing is the canvas of "Saint Anthony Rebuking Ezzelino da Romano" (first altar on the right), dated 1770 and signed by Giovanni Gottardi of Faenza. However, some critics denied the authorship of the work, attributing it instead to Cristoforo Unterberger of Atesina, who actually collaborated with Gottardi in Rome. This gave rise to a series of doubts and controversies, only recently clarified by Anna Tambini, who has re-evaluated Gottardi's work."

Francesco Zaccarini

"It's a shame it's always closed but on the other hand it's private so....."

Laura Mazzoni