Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome
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The Roman Catholic Church of the Savior and of St. Alphonsus Liguori (it. Chiesa Most Holy Redeemer e di Sant'Alfonso, mostly short Sant'Alfonso ( all'Esquilino )) is the church of the Generalate of the Redemptorists and the Accademia Alfonsiana in the Roman Esquilino. The neo-Gothic tower loose basilica was built 1855-1859 after plans by the British George Wigley. Pope John XXIII. rose in 1960 for the titular church. It houses the original of the world-famous Grace image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
History
Sant'Alfonso was the first Roman church in neo-gothic style and one of the last to be built under papal rule. 1853, the Redemptorists had decided to move their Generalate of Pagani to Rome. The church was completed in 1859, the completion of extensive religious building lasted until the end of the century. 1898-1900, the three-door portal vestibule of the church was added. The icon of Perpetual Help gave Pope Pius IX. the Redemptorists in 1867. took you from here in countless copies and reproductions distribution.
Architecture and Facilities
The Church of the Savior and of St. Alphonsus is a three-aisled basilica with ambulatory and triforium galleries, following the example of Northern Italian mendicant. The building material is brick with Travertinelementen. Groined vaults, pillars, walls, chancel arch and apse with polychrome figurative and ornamental painting and mosaics, including by Max Schmalzl covered. The statue is located centrally on the high altar.