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TheOratorio di Beleo is a ruralRomanesque-style,Roman Catholic chapel-church located in the frazione of Beleo, outside of the town ofCasina,province of Reggio Emilia, region ofEmilia Romagna, Italy.

Documents from 980 record the Ottone II,Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor granting the chapel to the bishop of Reggio. It is documented in 1070 as being once in the possessions ofBonifacio di Canossa. By 1575, documents noted a planned restoration. The structure is a simple stone building restored after damaging bombardment during the Second World War. The 1952 portal has an epigraph reading: "CEU PHONICA ULTRO EX OSSIBUS ET MEDULLIS RENATUM BENIAMIN REGIEN EPUS FAUSTA RECONCILLATIONE LUSTRVIT - VII KAL. JUN. A. SAL. MCMLII". The structure retains medieval windows and the nave has Romanesque columns with sculpted designs. A series of plaques recalls Italianalpine soldiers fallen in wars.^[1]