Chiesa di San Martino Vescovo

San Martino Vescovo, the Saint of the Cloak in the Giudicarie

The Church of San Martino Vescovo in Tione di Trento is dedicated to the most famous bishop of Tours, celebrated for dividing his cloak with a poor beggar. The cult of Saint Martin is one of the most widespread in Christian Europe and the Trentino valleys, where numerous churches and chapels bear his name.

The sacred building, with its Trentino-Lombard architecture, testifies to the deep veneration for this saint in the Giudicarie. Tione di Trento, the valley's main centre, holds a heritage of churches telling the story of Christian faith from Saint Vigilius's evangelisation to the pictorial masterpieces of the Baschenis.