This 17th-century church was originally connected to the residence of the Cavalcabò family, who had right of patronage over it.
It was renovated in the 1980s, and its altars and paintings restored; after a period of use as a venue for exhibitions and concerts, it now serves its primary purpose.
Holy masses and afternoon rosaries are held here in October, month of the Holy Rosary, and holy masses in winter from Monday to Friday.
The wall facing onto the square is decorated with frescoes painted by local artist Simeoli.
They date back to 1999 and were part of the “SestolaEstate per Hermann Hesse” project, a series of events held in Sestola that summer.
The project focused on the poems of the writer and poet Hermann Hesse, and involved signboards being placed in symbolic places around the village, displaying his poetry. It was a joint project which was the result of collaboration between Sestola local council (in the person of Marisa Burchi), the artist Sandro Pipino and the bank “Fondazione Cassa Risparmio di Modena”.
Watercolours painted by Hesse were lent for the occasion by the Hermann Hesse Museum in Montagnola-Lugano (Switzerland). As for the frescoes, it was decided to represent Sestola with images depicting the three commanding powers: church, the council and the castle. As a tribute to Hesse, the frescoes included images of “Torre Camuzzi” in Montagnola, Lugano, which houses the Herman Hesse Museum, along with various images of the Swiss Alps and the Apennines, in a kind of figurative twinning programme.
The church feast is held on the first Sunday in October, and is celebrated with Holy Mass and a village festival, which sees the launching of a hot air balloon named ‘Sincero’ after the local man who started the tradition.
