Late
fifteenth century on the area of a previous church of the eleventh century
known as S. Marina
Sixtus IV
Della Rovere (1471/84) assigned this area to the community of immigrants from
Dalmatia and Illyria, the so-called Schiavoni, fled from their country
for the invasion of the Turks. He built three large blocks along the river with
their new church in the middle
It was
rebuilt in the years 1588/89 by Martino Longhi the
Elder (1534/91) for Sixtus V Peretti (1585/90) using for the FAÇADE his design that had been rejected
for the Chiesa Nuova
The trimonzio
(three mounds) and the coat of arms of Sixtus V on the pediment were made with
marble taken from the Septizodium
It is the National Church of Croats
VAULT
“Triumph
of the militant church by virtue of the Cross with Illyrian saints and prophets” mid 1800s by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/90)
COUNTER
FAÇADE
On the
right “Nicholas V” and left “Sixtus V” by Pietro
Gagliardi
TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE
“Funerary
Monument of Paolo Gozze” d. 1660 by an anonymous artist of the school of
Alessandro Algardi
1st
RIGHT – ANNUNCIATION CHAPEL
Altarpiece “Annunciation
and Sts. Francis of Paola, Francesco Neri and Anthony of Padua”
1718 by Michelangelo Cerruti (1663/1748)
To the
right “Funerary Monument of Fortunato Rudel and Maria Iacoangeli”
To the left
“Funerary monument of Bartolomeo Rudel and Teresa Gatti” both in marble 1869 by
G. Carnevale
2nd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE STAR
Altarpiece “Madonna
of the Star” 1745 by Filippo Bracci
(1727/after 1746)
To the
right “Birth
of Mary” and to the left “Assumption
of the Virgin Mary” mid-nineteenth century by Pietro Gagliardi
3rd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF S. ANNA
Altarpiece “Madonna
and Child with St. Anne” 1631 by Giuseppe
Puglia aka Bastaro (about 1600/36)
To the left
“Monument
to Luigi Lezzani” maybe by Ignazio
Jacometti 1861 (1819/83)
RIGHT
TRANSEPT
Huge “Adoration
of the Magi” 1847/50 by Pietro
Gagliardi (1809/90)
Decorations
under the arch “Angelic hierarchies” and lunette “Sts. Raniero Doimo” about 1589/90 by Avanzino Nucci (1552/1629)
PAINTED
FAKE DOME
“Triumph
of the Trinity” about 1589/90 orchestrated by Giovanni Guerra
(1544/1618) with Paris Nogari (about 1536/1601),
Avanzino Nucci (1552/1629), Paolo Guidotti aka Cavalier Borghese (1560/1629), Andrea Lilio (about 1555/1632) and Antonio Viviani aka il Sordo (1560/1620)
“The perfect
homogeneity between the decorations of the painted architecture and the real
one emphasizes the spatial unit, perhaps to the detriment of the effect of
illusionistic perspective for the excessive overhang of the architectural
elements; however, finding the right spot, one is able to admire this fake
dome, so important an antecedent in the history of Roman painted architecture”
(Rosanna Barbiellini Amidei)
On the right
At the center
On the left
“St.
Jerome dispute with the heretics” about 1588/89 by Antonio
Viviani aka il Sordo (1560/1620), a pupil of Federico Fiori aka Barocci,
and Andrea Lilio (about 1555/1632), designed by Giovanni Guerra (1544/1618)
“Glory of
St. Jerome” about 1588/89 Paris Nogari (about
1536/1601)
“Hierarchies
of angels” by Giovanni Guerra and assistants
“The
iconography is rare and seems invented to emphasize the similarities between
the actions of Sixtus V and the life of Jerome, in stark contrast to the figure
of the penitent hermit who in those years had a large following in the
Filippini clergy” (Rosanna Barbiellini Amidei)
1740
designed by Nicola Michetti (about 1675/1758),
who also renewed the decorative furnishings of the church
TO THE LEFT
OF THE SACRISTY
Sculpture “St.
Jerome” by Francesco Grassia
(XVII century)
LEFT
TRANSEPT
Huge “Crucifixion”
by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/90)
Decorations
under the arch “Angelic hierarchies” and lunette “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” about 1589/90 by Avanzino Nucci (1552/1629)
3rd
LEFT - CHAPEL OF St. JEROME
Above the
altar “St.
Jerome” 1632 by Giuseppe Puglia aka
Bastaro (about 1600/36)
Oval
painting “St. Francis” about 1731 by Corrado Giaquinto
(1703/66)
On the
right “St.
Paul in the Areopagus” and on the left “St.
John the Baptist in the Desert” by Pietro
Gagliardi
2nd
LEFT - CHAPEL OF MERCY
Above the
altar “Pieta”
1633 by Giuseppe Puglia aka Bastaro
On the
right “Crowning
with Thorns” and on the left “Christ
prays in the Garden” by Pietro
Gagliardi
1st
LEFT - CHAPEL OF Sts. CLEMENT, CYRIL AND METHODIUS
Altarpiece
“Sts.
Clement and Methodius show the relics of St. Clement to Pope Hadrian II”
1650 Benigno Vangelini, artist who is not known for
any other work
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