Originally
built in the twelfth century
It belonged
at first to the Dominicans and then, from 1539, to the Bergamo Congregation of
Rome
They
changed the name of the church in Sts. Bartholomew and Alexander, and
had it rebuilt in the years 1577/85 by Francesco Capriani aka Francesco da Volterra (1535/94)
In 1726 the
church passed to the Jesuits who gave it the name of S. Macuto (St.
Malo)
It is the
only church in Italy dedicated to the holy Breton bishop of the seventh century
FAÇADE
Completed
in 1560 by Giovanni Alberto de Galvani from Ferrara, even if the upper part is by Francesco da Volterra excluding the projecting
pediment added later
ALTAR ON
THE RIGHT
“Glory of
St. Joseph”
MAIN ALTAR
“Mary
appearing to St. Malo”
ALTAR ON
THE LEFT
“Sacred
Heart adored by Sts. John of Nepomuk and Luigi Gonzaga”
All
three paintings by Michelangelo Cerruti
(1663/1748), painter who opposed the corporate hegemony exercised in Rome by
the Academy of St. Luke in the first half of the eighteenth century
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