St. COSIMATO

S. COSIMATO
Piazza S. Cosimato 76
1069 as Ss. Cosma, Damiano, Benedetto e Emerenziana (Sts. Cosmas, Damian, Benedict and Emerenziana) near the monastery of mid tenth century
Restored in 1246 and rebuilt with the monastery for Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471/84)

PORCH of the twelfth century

TWO CLOISTERS:

The first floor of the first cloister dates back to 1246 and the second floor to the time of Sixtus IV
The second cloister dates back entirely to the time of Sixtus IV
The name Cosimato is a “Trastevere” contraction, a local corruption of the name Cosmas and Damian, and indeed there has never been a St. Cosimato, even in the legends

INTERIOR

Redecorated in 1871

LEFT BACK WALL

“Madonna Enthroned with Sts. Francis and Clare” by Antonio del Massaro aka Antonio da Viterbo or il Pastura (about 1450/1516)

MAIN ALTAR

Built in 1639 with venerated painting “Madonna and Child” of the end of the thirteenth century, moved here from the ancient Basilica of St. Peter
The painting was stolen, and when it was found in the river, it was recovered personally by Pope Leo X Medici (1513/21) who had it post in a tabernacle on the Ponte Senatorio (Bridge of the Senators), the current Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge)
Later the painting was seen emanating light miraculously and it was placed in S. Cosimato

ANNEXURE TO THE SACRISTY

Seven paintings from the Oratory of S. Angelo in Pescheria by Giuseppe Ghezzi (1634/1721), Lazzaro Baldi (about 1624/1703) and Borgognone
Now in the complex there is the OSPEDALE NUVO REGINA MARGHERITA, New Hospital Queen Margherita