1594/96 for
the Confraternity in honor of the Virgin Mary of Constantinople, patron in Rome
of the Sicilian-Catalan nation
Hodigitria
means: The one who shows the way
It was
sacked in 1799 by French troops
Rebuilt in
the years 1814/17 by Francesco Manno (1752/1831)
On the four
side altars in 1988 were placed modern art paintings by Sicilian artists
1st
CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Above the
altar “Martyrdom of St.
Lucy”
by Salvatore Fiume (1915/97) who was born in
Comiso
Lunettes
painted in the seventeenth-century with “History of St. Mary Magdalene” by Giovanni Valesio (1561/1640)
2nd
CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Above the
altar “S. Rosalia” by Mario Bardi
(1922/98) from Palermo
“Between
chronicle and memory, the paintings of Bardi for over sixty years have spanned
several seasons (some more 'realistic', some more 'baroque') without ever
abandoning the oscillations of taste, always absorbed in his true inner
motives. In all, sometimes more melancholic or existentialist, sometimes more
turgidly and sensuously pictorial, the sound and solar splendor of his Sicily”
(Official Website - www.mariobardi.it)
MAIN ALTAR
Copy the ancient icon donated in 1972 by the Patriarch of
Constantinople and placed here as a replacement of the votive picture now in
the sacristy
2nd
CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
Above the
altar “St. Agatha healed by
St. Peter” by Sebastiano Milluzzo (1915/2011) from
Catania
“The bright
altarpiece was commissioned, along with the three other ones also entrusted to
Sicilians painters, by Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo. The representation
captures the heartfelt participation with the mysterious moment when the miracle
is about to happen. This work has always been considered of great artistic
value and rich in authentic religious and ethical inspiration” (Antonio
Blandini - www.ecodelsud.over - blog.net)
1st
CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
Above the
altar “Sts. Agathon,
Methodius and Leo II” by Giuseppe Migneco
(1908/97) from Messina
ORATORIO
“S.
Rosalia with Two Angels” by Giovanni Valesio
(1561/1640)
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