Santa Maria Incoronata, Milan

Church of the Coronation of Saint Mary
(Chiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata)
Church of the Coronation of Saint Mary; (Chiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata)
Year consecrated	14th century
Status	Active
Location
Location	Milan, Italy
Geographic coordinates	45°28′46″N 9°11′12″E / 45.47944°N 9.18667°E
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Late Gothic
Groundbreaking	1450
Completed	1460

Santa Maria Incoronata is a church in Milan, Italy, completed in 1460.

Artworks in the interior include a painting by

Bergognone, Christ under the Grill; the tomb of Giovanni Bossi, attributed to Bambaia; a Baroque fresco cycle of the Life of St. Nicholas of Tolentino by Ciro Ferrari

; and the Biblioteca Umanistica ("Humanist Library", 15th century). The latter has three naves divided by granite columns, with frescoes of the Magisteri Sacrae Pagines commissioned by the Augustinians when they acquired the building. Of the original gardens and cloisters, only one of the latter has survived.

History

Two paired buildings form the church. The oldest existed as early as the

Francesco Sforza as duke of Milan 1451, and received the current name (meaning "St. Mary Encrowned") on that occasion. In 1460, the duke's wife, Bianca Maria Visconti

, commissioned the construction of a new church next to the oldest one, identical and connected to it, in order to create a single, larger edifice.

The church was modified in 1654 and 1827, but was restored to the medieval appearance in the early 19th century.

External links

Page at Milanodabere.it (in Italian)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
Other	IdRef