San Domenico, Palermo

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Church of Saint Dominic
Chiesa di San Domenico (in Italian)
Roman Catholic
Province	Archdiocese of Palermo
Rite	Roman Rite
Location
Location	Palermo, Italy
Geographic coordinates	38°07′08.46″N 13°21′48.18″E / 38.1190167°N 13.3633833°E / 38.1190167; 13.3633833
Architecture
Style	Sicilian Baroque
Groundbreaking	1640
Completed	1770
Website
Official site

St Dominic

St Joseph

San Domenico (Saint Dominic) is a

neighborhood. The church houses the burial monuments of many notable Sicilians, and is known thus as the Pantheon of illustrious Sicilians.

History

A

, Odo, was buried in 1420 (or 1421).

By the beginning of the 15th century, the community of worshippers had outgrown the small medieval church, and the friars sought the support of Pope Martin V and patronage of the noble families of Palermo to build a new church, this time built in a Renaissance style. However, this building would also prove too small. Therefore, in 1630, the Dominicans of Palermo commissioned architect Andrea Cirrincione to build a new church. Ten years later, on 2 February 1640, there was the groundbreaking ceremony. The Baroque façade was completed only by 1726, while the left bell tower dates from 1770.^[1]

During the Sicilian revolution of 1848, in this church the Sicilian Parliament was called under the leadership of Ruggero Settimo. In 1853 the church became the pantheon of illustrious Sicilians.^[2]

Convent

The convent, founded in 1300, is adjacent and north of the church and can be accessed from the latter's north aisle. The

, has column and arches including capitals and spolia from the early 13th century building.

The walls have paintings portraying Dominican saints, scenes of Apocalypse, of the Last Judgement and works by Nicola Spalletta from Caccamo. The interior houses a refectory and a large library.

The nearby Oratory of Rosario di San Domenico houses also 18th-century decoration and a main altarpiece by Anthony van Dyck.

Burials

• Emerico Amari
• Michele Amari
• Stanislao Cannizzaro
• Francesco Crispi
• Gioacchino Di Marzo
• Giovanni Falcone (since 2015)
• Francesco Ferrara
• Francesco Maria Emanuele Gaetani
• Giovanni Meli
• Pietro Novelli
• Giuseppe Patania
• Errico Petrella
• Giuseppe Pitrè
• Vincenzo Riolo
• Ruggero Settimo
• Mariano Valguarnera

See also

• Piazza San Domenico, Palermo
• Victory column: Colonna dell'Immacolata, Palermo

References

External links

• (in Italian) History of the church – Associazione Chiese Storiche