Cosenza, Calabria Italy
Roman Catholic
The church was built in 1961 and is located between the historic and new parts of Cosenza. The parish was originally founded in 1603 with the little church surrounded by vegetable gardens and fields. The vault collapsed in the 1783 earthquake. World War II bombs damaged the church; following renovations it was demolished in 1961. The gilded bust of St Nicholas is from the 1600s. He is also in a mosaic with the Madonna and Child and there are eight canvas scenes of the life of St Nicholas by Domenico Oranges (1756-58).