San Francesco da Paola is the church of the hamlet of Biosio. It was built in the 18th century, after the pastoral visit by the Bishop of Como Feliciano Niguarda, who described the village as follows: “item un miglio sopra Bellano vi è una villetta de fochi 4, senza chiesa, detta Bioggio”.
The oratory is dedicated to Saints Francesco da Paola and Filippo Neri, it has a single hall plant with a raised presbytery and a semicircular apse containing a simple stone altar surmounted by the altarpiece depicting the Apparition of the Madonna by Caravaggio.
Externally the building is very compact, and includes a small bell tower on the left side. The façade is devoid of decorations but is very articulated: tripartite with four pilasters, the most extreme wings bend backwards, giving greater impetus to the central portion with its portal and large window with curved lines and crowned by a particular tympanum with curving shapes.
