San Giuliano, Ferrara
San Giuliano | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Province | Ferrara |
Location | |
Location | Ferrara, Italy |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Style | Gothic |
San Giuliano is a small
History
A parish church was previously located at the site of the Castello Estense; in 1385, this church along with an entire neighborhood were razed to build the castle. Soon after, by 1405, the church was rebuilt in a former Gothic architecture style, and affiliated with the Order of the Santo Sepolcro.
The facade and windows are narrow and peaked. The portal has spires in relief, atop the spires are St Gabriel and the virgin with Christ in the center. Above below the oculus is a peculiar relief depicting an bizarre episode in the life of the namesake saint, St Julian the Hospitaller (San Giuliano l’Ospitaliere), wherein he unknowingly slays his visiting parents while they sleep.[1]
The reconstruction of the church had been patronized by Galeotto Avogadri, proto-camerlengo of the marchese
An inventory in the 18th century recalled an altarpiece for San Giuliano by
References
- ^ The Story of Ferrara By Ella Noyes (1904) page 377-378.
- ^ Musei di Arte Antica, Ferrara.
- ^ Memorie istoriche delle chiese di Ferrara e de' suoi borghi, by Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini, (1773) page 72-73.
- ^ Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni], by Giuseppe Cappelletti, page 221.