San Francesco di Paola ai Monti

00184 Roma

San Francesco di Paola dei Calabresi, also called San Francesco di Paola ai Monti, is a church in Rome. In its present form it comes from the middle of the 17th century, but was still remodeled several times. She's Monastery Church of the Paulaner and title diakonia of the Roman Catholic Church.

Location

The church is located in the Roman I. Rione Monti in a directory named after the eponymous patron space, about 330 meters north- west of the Colosseum.

History and Architectural History

The Order of the Paulaner was originally assigned to another church since 1622. Later the order inherited from one originating from Calabria priest some built-up land at the site of the present church; after this event gave its name addition, in the second variant of the situation in the Rione Monti. The founder, Giovanni Pizzullo, is now buried in the church. The construction of the church began in 1645 and were completed in 1650, the impetus for the construction of Olimpia Aldobrandini was - Pamphili. Officer Gian Pietro Morandi builder was. At the beginning of the 18th century, the church was remodeled, the interior by Luigi Barra Toni, and added to the facade. Restorations followed in 1760, 1826 and finally in 1953, this year the ceiling was created. 2003, Pope John Paul II, the church its present title holder Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino.

Facade

The built of travertine facade has two floors and divided in three axes on the lower floor. The upper floor is much easier kept, what does it matter that the façade was never completed. The articulating the surface, easy to go the corners, in the middle part pairwise asked pilasters follow fundamentally the Ionic order, the capitals are significantly shaped by the order in deviation with Cherubköpfen and festoons. The central projection passes through an additional stepping out slightly. The portal is flanked by two three-quarter columns after Kompositordnung, as well as the empty niches of the bays. About the portal rises a triangular gable angle bent in the lower part, while the niches of the side surfaces of shells in segment gables are flashed. The powerfully carved architrave separates the projectiles. The upper floor contains only a window under a segmental arch. The sun discs are made of stucco and contain the word Charity.

Interior and design

The church has a single nave with a Tribuna. This corresponds approximately to the width of the nave. On the longitudinal side walls, three bands are attached, of each of which the average clearly greater than the two lateral turns thereof. The nave is covered by a barrel vault, which is broken by lunettes. Made possible by the smaller height of the first and third side chapel located above the arches of the nave to the chapels small balconies, called Chorretti.

The walls of the nave are divided by pilasters with stepped capitals of the Ionic order, again, as in the facade, in the modification with angels' heads and festoons on the capitals. The tonne over the nave is coffered and gilded.

All six side chapels are the basic structure according to divided with pilasters Tuscan order.

The first in line of sight high altar chapel on the right is covered by a barrel vault, the fresco in the bin represents the Virgin Mary, it was created by Onofrio Avellino. On the altarpiece is a representation of St. Anne, a working Filippo Luzi. Both works are from the beginning of the 18th century.

The middle chapel right hand was mainly designed by Giuseppe Chiari, comes from him the fresco in the ton, glory of St. Francis of Paola representing, as well as the frescoes on the side walls of the chapel, the Holy gives a newborn human appearance on the left and The Holy gives a mason to live right. On the altar itself is a portrait of the church's patron saint, it is a copy of the 18th century, an image of the 16th century, located in the Calabrian Montalto Uffugo. The original is considered the "best" traditional image of St. Francis of Paola.

The foremost chapel on the right was elaborated by Antonio Grecolini, it contains in the barrel vault fresco glory of St. Francis de Sales, by the same artist comes an image of this saint on the Altar. The oil painting on the left side represents Francis de Sales is writing on the right side of the topic The Holy heals the sick, both paintings also of Grecolini.

The first chapel on the left contains three frescoes by Stefano Pozzi, in the tub, God the Father, on the left side wall Dream of St. Joseph, on the right flight to Egypt. On the altarpiece is an illustration of the Blessed Gaspare de Bono from the 18th century.

The mean left-hand chapel also contains three frescoes by Pozzi: In the middle of a representation tons Mary in Glory, on the left side wall: Adoration of the Magi Adoration of the Shepherds and right. In the chapel in a sarcophagus of porphyry buried is the 1786 beatified Nicola Saggio; His image adorns the altar screen, a work by Francesco Manno from the late 18th century.

The front chapel contains a fresco on the barrel vault an angel with a cross. The altarpiece was worked by Stefano Perugini in the 18th century, it is a representation of the Archangel Michael. Giacomo Triga created in the 18th century, the paintings on the side walls, to the left, the Archangel hands you the St Francis and a hood on the right over to the archangel St. Francis the arms of the Order.

The Tribuna contains on the right side a bust of Lazzaro Pallavicino. This bust was donated by Pope Benedict XIV in 1740. Pope wanted to highlight the extraordinary modesty of this man who renounced his cardinalate be transmitted. Was designed the work of Ferdinando Fuga, executive sculptor was Agostino Corsini. On the left side of the Tribuna is the tomb of the founder, who died in 1646 Giovanni Pizzullo, his performance in a praying position, also a work Corsini.

The choir contains a choir stalls, made ​​of walnut wood. It was not created for the church, but in 1673 moved from Santa Maria Maggiore in this church.

The high altar is made based on a design by Giovanni de'Rossi. The bezel also contains another fresco by Stefano Pozzi, representing the Immaculata.

The fresco in the sacristy was built after 1660, either a labor Giovanni Battista Salvi Sassoferrato - or Francesco Cozzas shown is Mary Appearing to St. Francis of Paola. A design sketch of this is still located in the Louvre in Paris. The other eight frescoes of this space represent scenes from the life of the church's patron saint is created by Agostino Masucci - four pictures of him - Filippo Luzi made ​​three pictures of it and a picture has been worked by Pierre Argenvilliers.

In the chapter hall frescoes by Francesco Cozza are: Christ on the Cross with St. Francis of Paola, Saint Veronica and the Mount of Olives scene

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