In Bassano Romano, the church of St. Gratiliano Martyr was built in 1546 in the place where the head of Saint Gratiliano stopped after decapitation.
The church is totally dedicated to the holy martyred patron.
It has a nave with a trussed roof and a semicircular apse frescoes.
Some frescoes depict the life and martyrdom of the saint: his baptism taught by Sant'Eutizio, preaching to Faleri and the process.
Other frescoes recount the miracle of the saint during his imprisonment in Falerii, when he healed from blindness Santa Felicissima, and finally martyrdom and his beheading with the background the representation of Mount Soratte.
Behind the altar there is a canvas of 1757 representing San Gratiliano holding up in his left hand a reproduction of the city of Bassano and with the right the prize of martyrdom, painted by Christopher Bollini from Bassano.
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