Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo

What Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo does

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo in Pantano is a Roman Catholic parish located at Piazza San Bartolomeo 11 in the historic center of Pistoia, Italy, operating under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Pistoia. The parish traces its origins to a monastery founded between 726 and 767 AD by Gaidoaldo, a Lombard royal physician, and the current basilica structure dates to a 1159 rebuilding by Abbot Bono. Its core activities include regular Mass celebrations (Sunday 10:00, Tuesday–Friday 18:30), Liturgy of the Hours, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration sustained by more than 200 rotating volunteer adorers (daily 7:00–24:00), pastoral visits to approximately 30 homebound and hospitalized faithful, and a 25-member choir (Coro San Bartolomeo) supporting liturgical celebrations. The site also serves as a cultural-heritage destination, housing Guido da Como's 1240 marble pulpit, 13th-century frescoes, and a Symbolic Reading Path of the facade, and offers guided artistic itineraries through 18 historic sites in the neighborhood.

The parish is currently served by the Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme, a monastic community that provides continuous liturgical presence and maintains the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration around the clock. In the 2010s, Bishop Mons. Fausto Tardelli unified the historic center parishes of Pistoia into a single parish, with San Bartolomeo incorporated under the administration of Don Ugo Feraci from the church of San Paolo; Padre Giordano Maria Favillini of the Fraternità remains the on-site responsible priest. The annual Feast of San Bartolomeo on August 24, centered on the traditional unzione ceremony for children, is described as the most popular festival in the city, drawing thousands.

The business model is non-commercial. The parish is a nonprofit religious organization funded entirely through voluntary donations and offerings from parishioners, with no pricing on any liturgical service, no commercial products, and no disclosed revenue. Outreach is conducted through a basic informational website (parrocchiasanbartolomeo.it, built on WebsiteX5 and hosted by Register.it), a Facebook page, and a weekly email newsletter. There is no app, no public API, and no digital product surface beyond the website. Resource allocation is split between worship services, pastoral care, cultural heritage preservation, and community programming.

Name

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo

Legal name

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo in Pantano

Website

https://parrocchiasanbartolomeo.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo in Pantano is a Roman Catholic parish in Pistoia, Italy, offering Mass, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, pastoral care, and cultural heritage tours, serving the local Catholic community and visitors on a donation-funded nonprofit basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Religious Orders & Monastic Communities (Monasteries, Convents) (BPAGAJAC)

Keywords

• Catholic parish services
• Liturgical celebrations
• Eucharistic adoration
• Pastoral care ministry
• Sacred art heritage

Headquarters

HQ city

Pistoia

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Parish Offerings and Donations: The parish operates as a non-profit religious organization funded primarily through voluntary donations and offerings from parishioners during Mass celebrations. No commercial revenue model exists.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo in Pantano is a Roman Catholic parish church providing daily and Sunday liturgical celebrations, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration staffed by rotating volunteers, pastoral visits to homebound and hospitalized members, a parish choir, and guided cultural and artistic tours of the historic church. All services are offered free of charge to the local Catholic community of Pistoia and to visitors, supported by voluntary donations.

Product overview

Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo is a Roman Catholic parish church offering religious services, liturgical celebrations, and pastoral care. The parish provides Holy Mass (Sunday 10:00, Tuesday-Friday 18:30), Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with approximately 200 volunteers, and hosts the Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme monastic community. Additional offerings include a church choir (Coro San Bartolomeo of about 25 members), Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist serving approximately 30 homebound faithful, and cultural/educational programs including artistic/historical itineraries through 18 sites and a symbolic reading path of the church architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration (Adorazione Eucaristica Perpetua)
• Holy Mass and Liturgy of the Hours
• Coro San Bartolomeo (Church Choir)
• Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist (Ministero Straordinario dell'Eucarestia)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Diocesi di PistoiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe parish operates under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Pistoia. The bishop mons. Fausto Tardelli unified the parishes of the historic center into a single parish, with San Bartolomeo becoming part of the unified parish of the historic center of Pistoia, administered by don Ugo Feraci from the church of San Paolo.
• Fraternità Apostolica di GerusalemmecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme (Fraternity of Jerusalem) resides at San Bartolomeo and provides continuous liturgical services including the Liturgy of the Hours open to all, and maintains the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with monks and nuns taking turns day and night to adore the Santissimo Sacramento and intercede for the city of Pistoia and the world. Their vocation is to draw pastoral activity from prayer and contemplation.
• Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (CEI)minorOthersOfficial website of the Italian Episcopal Conference linked as a useful Catholic resource.
• Santa Sede (Vatican)minorOthersOfficial website of the Holy See linked as a Catholic resource.
• Agenzia S.I.R.minorOthersSocietà per l'Informazione Religiosa (Religious Information Society) news agency linked as a Catholic news resource.
• Basilica della Madonna dell'umiltàminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme also conducts the Liturgy of the Hours at the Basilica della Madonna dell'umiltà in addition to San Bartolomeo.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas: A nearby Romanesque parish in Pistoia's historic center with comparable 12th–13th-century artistic heritage, sharing the same diocesan context and overlapping tourist/visitor audience.
• Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme: The Catholic monastic fraternity resident at San Bartolomeo that runs its perpetual adoration and liturgy; comparable as the operating partner whose presence defines the parish's service model.
• Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà: Another Catholic church in Pistoia where the Fraternità Apostolica di Gerusalemme also conducts the Liturgy of the Hours, making it the closest operational peer sharing the same resident monastic community and liturgical model.
• Chiesa di San Paolo (Pistoia): The church from which the unified historic-center parish (which now includes San Bartolomeo) is administered by Don Ugo Feraci, serving as the administrative peer within the same merged structure.

Broad incumbents

• Santa Sede (Holy See): The Vatican/Holy See, which exercises ultimate canonical authority over Catholic parishes globally; relevant as the institutional and doctrinal anchor to which San Bartolomeo is subordinate.
• Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (CEI): The Italian Episcopal Conference referenced as a resource link from the parish's website; comparable as the national-level Catholic governance and policy layer shaping parish operations.
• Diocesi di Pistoia: The parent ecclesiastical governance body overseeing San Bartolomeo and the broader Pistoia territory; comparable as the institutional layer that allocates clergy, sets policy, and consolidates parishes in the diocese.

Regional players

• Cattedrale di San Zeno (Pistoia): Pistoia's cathedral and principal Catholic site within the same diocese; comparable as a heritage-rich liturgical venue in the same city, though larger and with broader institutional standing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sanbartolomeoinpantanopistoia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parrocchia-di-san-bartolomeo

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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