Wednesday, March 13, 2019

St. MARY OF THE VISITATION AND St. FRANCIS DE SALES

S. MARIA DELLA VISITAZIONE E S. FRANCESCO DI SALES
1654 G.B. Contini (1641/1723)
The church has been officiated since 2005, after many years of neglect
Painting “Virgin Mary and the seven founder saints” by an eighteenth-century anonymous artist
The church is annexed to the PALACE OF THE CONVENT OF THE MANTELLATE
1669 as Monastery for the Nuns of the Visitation who remained here until 1793 when they were replaced by a small community of eleven nuns, followers of St. Juliana Falconieri, also known as Mantellate, because of the short-sleeved habit (mantello) adopted to facilitate work
It was converted in 1881 by Carlo Mongini in Women's Prison
After the construction of the Rebibbia Prison the palace became barracks for the keepers of the Regina Coeli Prison

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