The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the bishop of Bologna in the fifth century.
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he was also known for the arch of Meloncello (1721), the altar of Ivo of Kermartin in San Petronio Basilica and the Renazzo parish church, in Cento, Province of Ferrara.