Founded in
1348 by the Compagnia del Salvatore ad Sancta Sanctorum (Society of the
Savior at the Holiest of the Holy)
The real
name is Ospedale del Salvatore (Saviour's Hospital)
It was expanded
in 1462 by Everso da Anguillara
In 1562 it
could accommodate 230 patients
WING ON THE
SQUARE
1630/36 Giacomo Mola (?/1650) together with Carlo Rainaldi (1611/91)
On the left
WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, today the maternity ward, built in 1655/56 by Giovanni Antonio De Rossi (1616/95) using materials of
a hospice of the thirteenth century
In the
foundations there are archaeological remains of many buildings of exceptional importance,
dating from the first to the fourth century AD of which has been identified the
DOMUS ANNORUM, the Villa of Annius Verus, maternal grandfather of Marcus
Aurelius (169/180) and father of Domitia Lucilla Minor
Ss. Andrea e Bartolomeo
Sts.
Andrew and Bartholomew
Maybe
dating back to the seventh century, built on the family home of Honorius I
(625/638)
Rebuilt in
1634 by Giacomo Mola (?/1650) for Urban VIII
Barberini (1623/44) and inserted in the hospital
FAÇADE
about 1730
PORTAL of
the fifteenth century
To the
right of the façade is the ORIGINAL ENTRANCE OF S. GIOVANNI HOSPITAL dated to
1348 and, after it, a porch with lintel of the ancient HOSPITAL OF S. MICHELE
with eight ancient columns
FLOOR
1462 in Cosmatesque style by Marco Diotaiuti and Giovanni Bonadies
“Tabernacle”
of the fifteenth century
ALTAR ON
THE RIGHT
Byzantine style fresco “Madonna and Child” from S. Maria Imperatrice, a demolished church in Via Quattro Coronati: according to legend, Our Lady in the painting spoke to S. Gregory the Great (590/604)
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