Rugby union in Italy called trigon, which involved three players passing a ball to one another by hand. The ball was usually small and hard, but occasionally it was a "follis" or large bladder-ball. Italy is home to a number of forms of traditional football, some of which have features which are more similar to rugby, than to association football, such as handling the ball. A prime example of this is "calcio fiorentino" played in Florence. The "Piazza Santa Croce" of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as "giuoco del calcio fiorentino" ("Florentine kick game") or simply "calcio" ("kick"). The
San Vittore, Calcio apostles were completed by Gerolamo Count Oldofredi Tadini of Calcio. Many of the altarpieces derive from suppressed or razed churches in the region, and include works by Enea Salmeggia and a "Mystical Marriage of St Catherine" by Marco Antonio Mainardi. The ceiling and apse frescoes (1934) were completed by Umberto Marigliani. San Vittore, Calcio San Vittore is a neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Calcio, province of Bergamo, region of Lombardy, Italy. Construction of the church began in 1770, but was interrupted in 1792, and not restarted until 1833. The designs of an architect Bianconi were not