Saint Patrick's Church (Benton, Wisconsin)
Saint Patrick's Church is the Catholic parish for Benton, Wisconsin and surrounding areas. The parish is part of the Diocese of Madison.<ref>Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP. Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.</ref>
The church was built in 1852 by the pioneer priest Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, a Dominican. Mazzuchelli was the church's architect, as well as its founder.<ref name="SmithWisconsin">Template:Cite book</ref> Mazzuchelli — who was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1993 — is buried in the church cemetery.<ref>Our Churches' History. Village of Benton, Wisconsin.</ref><ref>Kevin Wondrash. "Mass commemorates death of Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli OP". Madison Catholic Herald, February 15, 2018.</ref> The church was one of 25 he built in the Upper Mississippi valley.<ref name="LaGumina">Template:Cite book</ref>