Saturday, March 2, 2019

St. MARGUERITE

S. MARGHERITA 
1288 for Nicholas IV (1288/92)
1564 rebuilt for Donna Giulia Colonna who also commissioned the adjoining monastery now reconverted to private apartments
1678/80 rebuilt again by Carlo Fontana (1634/1714) for Cardinal Girolamo Gastaldi. It was rebuilt rotated of 90°
It was also known as S. MARGHERITA DELLA SCALA (St. Marguerite of the Ladder) or S. ELISABETTA (St. Elizabeth)
It is officiated by the Brotherhood of St. Emygdius

MAIN ALTAR
“St. Margaret in prison” by Giacinto Brandi (1621/91)
Two oval paintings by Giuseppe Ghezzi (1634/1721)

CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
Altarpiece “Immaculate Conception between Sts. Francis and Clare” by G.B. Gaulli aka Baciccio (1639/1709)

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