Vicolo del Divino Amore 12
1131 with a dedication to St. Cecilia with no historical motivation
Reconstructed 1729/31 by Filippo Raguzzini (1680/1771) for Benedict XIII Orsini (1724/30)
It hosted the Confraternity of St. Blaise formed by second-hand dealers and mattress makers until 1801
St. Blaise was its patron and his name was added to the church
From 1802 also known as the CHIESA DELLA MADONNA DEL DIVINO AMORE IN CAMPO MARZIO (Church of Our Lady of the Divine Love in Campo Marzio) when Pius VII Chiaramonti (1800/23) assigned it to the Confraternita del Divino Amore (Brotherhood of Divine Love)
Restored in the years 1865/74
Caravaggio lived in a house in the alley from 1603 until 1605
BELL TOWER
Maybe it dates back to the first half of the twelfth century
VAULT
Frescoes “Virgin Mary and Child” and “Sts. Cecilia and Blaise”
PENDENTIVES
“Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance” about 1870 all paintings by Filippo Prosperi (1831/1913), a pupil of Tommaso Minardi
RIGHT ALTAR
“St. Blaise free a child from a fish bone that had lodged in his throat” 1730 by Sigismondo Rosa pupil of Giuseppe Chiari
MAIN ALTAR
“Our Lady of the Divine Love” early 1800s by Gioacchino Bombelli
ALTAR LEFT
“Ss. Cecilia and Valerian” about 1730 by Placido Costanzi (1702/59)
SACRISTY
Stone that commemorates the place of the alleged home of St. Cecilia
Very damaged fresco detached from the fourteenth-century church “Marriage of Sts. Cecilia and Valerian between S. Tiburcio and Pope Urban”
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