Gesù e Maria, Rome
| Gesù e Maria | ||
|---|---|---|
Style Baroque | | |
| Groundbreaking | 1633 | |
| Completed | 1674 (façade) | |
| Specifications | ||
| Length | 27 meters (nave) | |
| Nave width | 15 meters | |
| Materials | Travertine (Façade) | |
Gesù e Maria is a
It is more correctly called Chiesa dei Santi Nomi di Gesù e Maria ("Church of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary"). The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope Paul VI in 1967 with the name of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata ("Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary on Via Lata"). "Via Lata" is the old name of Via del Corso.
The church now serves as an apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.[1]
History
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Initially a church titled Sant'Antonio Abate in Augusta was located on the site, which was previously owned by the Colona family. Construction of the church began in 1633 for a Discalced Augustinian order, with designs by Carlo Buzio (also called Carlo Milanese).[2][3] The structure was completed by 1635 and consecrated the next year to Jesus and Mary.
Later the architect
The Tridentine Mass has been celebrated in the church every Sunday since the early 1980s and has been in the care of the ICKSP since 1992, making it one of the oldest consistent Latin Masses in the city of Rome.[1]
Interior
The vault and the main altarpiece, depicting a Coronation of the Virgin (1679), was painted by Giacinto Brandi. Stucco work was arranged by Gramignoli and Monsu Michele.[4] The church entrance to the sacristy has frescoes by Giovanni Lanfranco. Other paintings in the sacristy are by Padre Matteo di San Alessio from Palermo. The main altarpiece, Charity of St Thomas of Villanova was painted by Felice Ottini.
On the left side of the church are chapels dedicated to St Thomas of Villanova (with painting by Felice Ottini), St Joseph, and to the Madonna of Divine Help. It contains funerary monuments for Ercole and Luigi Bolognetti, brothers of bishop Giorgio Bolognetti, whose monument is present further down along the nave. On the right side of the church are chapels dedicated to the Crucifixion (with statuary by Francesco Aprile), St Nicholas of Tolentino (canvas painted by Basilio Francese or Giovanni Carbone), and St Anne. This side contains funerary monuments dedicated to Pietro and Francesco Bolognetti (by Pietro Cavallini, 1681), and to Mario Bolognetti (by Francesco Aprile).
By the entrance, the first funeral monuments on the right were for members of the Corno family, including a Monument to Giulio del Corno made by
The first chapel on the right has the bust of Sig. Bolognetti by
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List of Cardinal Protectors
- Justinus Darmojuwono (1967–1994)
- S.J.(2001–2008)
- Domenico Bartolucci (2010-2013)
- Luigi De Magistris (2015–2022)
Sources
- Derived from Italian Wikipedia entry
- Titi, Filippo (1763). Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma. Marco Pagliarini, Rome. pp. 381–384.
Fillipo Titi.
- ^ a b "Institute of Christ the King - International". www.institute-christ-king.org. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma, Volume 1, by Ridolfino Venturini, published by Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1768); page 147.
- ^ The attribution to the more famous Carlo Maderno by many sources is not substantiated by archival evidence, according to Italian Wikipedia entry.
- ^ As cited in F. Titi, Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma, Roma 1763, pp. 381-384
- ^ Rome: A tour of many days : in three volumes, Volume 1. By George Head, Page 104, London, 1849 [1]
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