Santissimi Sette Fratelli Martiri, Ranica

The church is dedicated to the Holy Maccabean Martyrs, mentioned in 2 Maccabees^[1] The presence of the bell-tower (1524) remains evidence of a prior 16th-century church at the site. The present church was designed in 1782 by Giacomo Caniana, grandson of Giovanni Battista Caniana, and brought to completion in 1796-1804 by Simeone Elia, pupil of Leopold Pollak.^[2]

The interior is frescoed with decoration by Francesco Comerio. It contains two canvases, depicting the Baptism of Christ and Crucifixion with Saints by Giovanbattista Moroni. There is also a 17th-century Deposition by Gian Paolo Cavagna, a 19th-century Martirio dei sette fratelli martiri (Martyrdom of the seven brother martyrs), and a Madonna in coro additata da San Giovanni by Carlo Ceresa.^[3]