1623/40 Orazio
Torriani (about 1601/about 1657)
Expanded 1645/50 by Giovanni
Pietro Morandi for Olimpia Aldobrandini Pamphilj
Completed
with the interior decoration and the FAÇADE at the beginning of the eighteenth
century by Luigi Barattoni (active in the first
quarter of the eighteenth century) who rebuilt the adjacent former Convent of
the Minims originally built in the seventeenth century
The lower
part of the façade is made of travertine, while the simpler upper part is in
plaster
Consecrated
in 1728 by Benedict XIII Orsini (1724/30)
Restored in
1826 for Leo XII Sermattei (1823/29)
BELL TOWER
Twelfth
century with belfry of the fifteenth century, formerly Torre dei Borgia (Tower
of the Borgia family)
National
Calabrian church
dedicated to the Calabrian saint of the fifteenth century S. Francesco di
Paola, founder of the Minim Friars and patron saint of sailors
VAULT
Fake gilded
coffered ceiling and emblems in perspective 1953 by Cesare
Minestra
COUNTER
FAÇADE
Rococo
choir with pipe organ
Among choir
and portal stucco relief “Glory of St. Francis of Paola” maybe by Luigi Barattoni
1st
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF Sts. ANNE AND JOACHIM
Altarpiece “Sts.
Joachim and Anne” 1720 by Filippo Luzi
(1665/1722), a pupil of Lazzaro Baldi
Vault “Glory
of St. Anne” by Onofrio Avellino (about
1674/1741), a pupil of Francesco Solimena
2nd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. FRANCIS OF PAOLA
A copy of
the painting on wooden board of the fifteenth century “St. Francis of Paola” in
the church of Montalto Uffugo (Cosenza)
Walls “Miracles
of St. Francis of Paola” and vault “Glory of St. Francis of Paola” by Giuseppe Chiari (1654/1727)
3rd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. FRANCIS DE SALES
Above the
altar “St. Francis de Sales receives the cord of the Third Order by St. Francis
of Paola”
Wall to the
right “St. Francis de Sales blesses the sick”
Wall to the
left “St. Francis de Sales writer”, all works by the Roman Giovanni Antonio Grecolini (1675/1725)
On the wall
of the nave: commemorative inscription for the Italian patriot Natale Del
Grande (1800/48)
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE CHANCEL ABOVE THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT
“Funeral
Monument of Lazzaro Pallavicini” Governor of Piceno 1744 by Ferdinando Fuga (1699/1782) with bust by Agostino Corsini (1688/1772)
MAIN ALTAR
Pavilion
supported by “Angels” with in the upper part “Eternal God between angels” in
stucco about 1655 masterpiece by Giovanni Antonio De
Rossi (1616/95)
“It is
evident in this work the intent to put together themes from Bernini and
Borromini on the basis of the effect of 'surreal' appearance, of the method of
display of faith, but between the visions of the sacred proposed by the two
masters the distance remains unbridgeable as it is demonstrated by the very
different way in which the angelic image enters their figurative repertoire. For
Bernini the angel does introduce a dynamic element that communicates with the
architectural structure without joining the structure himself. (...) For
Borromini the angel, most of the time, enters into the architectural compound
and accepts the rules, becomes an angelic herm following the example of the
classical world” (Paolo Portoghesi)
AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE CHANCEL ABOVE THE DOOR ON THE LEFT
“Funeral
Monument of Giovanni Pizzullo” founder of the convent in 1646
3rd
LEFT - CHAPEL OF St. MICHAEL
Altarpiece “St.
Michael the Archangel” first half of 1600s by Stefano
Perugini
Walls and
vault “Stories of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Francis of Paola” 1728 by Giacomo Triga (1674/1746), a student of Benedetto Luti
2nd
LEFT - CHAPEL OF BLESSED NICHOLAS THE WISE
Altarpiece “Blessed
Nicola the Wise of the Langobards receives the cross from the Redeemer” about
1786 by the Sicilian Francesco Manno (1752/1831)
Walls on
the right “Adoration of the Shepherds”, on the left “Adoration of the Magi” and
on the vault “Assumption into glory” by the Roman Stefano
Pozzi (1699/1768)
In the four
corners “Angels in stucco” maybe by Luigi Barattoni
1st
LEFT - CHAPEL OF GASPARE DEL BONO
“Gaspar Del
Bono in prayer” 1787 by the Calabrian Vincenzo Milione
(about 1732/1805)
Walls on
the right “Joseph's Dream”, on the left “Flight into Egypt” and on the vault “God
the Father Blessing” by Stefano Pozzi
SACRISTY
Maybe
designed by Filippo Breccioli (1574/after 1627)
At the
center of the ceiling painting “Virgin Mary giving to St. Francis of Paola, the
emblem of the order” about 1641/42 first work by G.B.
Salvi aka Sassoferrato (1609/85) similar to the fresco “Apparition of
the Virgin to Sts. Nile and Bartholomew” by his master Domenichino in the Abbey of Grottaferrata
In the
lunettes eighteenth-century cycle “Stories of St. Francis of Paola” by Agostino Masucci (1691/1758) and Filippo Luzi (1665/1722)
SALA DEL CAPITOLO (Chapter Room)
Chapel
adjacent to the sacristy with frescos:
On the
altar “St. Francis of Paola adoring the Crucifixion” about 1640/41 by Francesco Cozza (1605/82)
On the left
wall “Agony in the Garden”
On the
right wall “Way to Calvary”
Vault “Angels
with symbols of the Passion” all paintings by Stefano
Pozzi (1699/1768)
CONVENT OF
THE MINIMS FROM CALABRIA
Domenico
Castelli (1582/1657).
It was attached to the church in the first half of the seventeenth century
Rebuilt in
the early eighteenth century by Luigi Barattoni
(active first quarter of the eighteenth century)
It is
partly occupied by the ISTITUTO CENTRALE DEL RESTAURO (Central Restoration
Institute)
In the entrance hall of the convent:
“Immaculate
Conception” by Stefano Pozzi
“St.
Francis of Paola venerating the Virgin Mary” 1787 by Vincenzo
Milione (about 1732/1805)
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