Santa Maria della Passione

Santa Maria della Passione is a late Renaissance-style church located in Milan, Italy.

History

It was initially built in 1496 for the

The interior and the canon's rooms contain a cycle of monumental frescoes by Ambrogio Bergognone completed in around 1510–1515. They depict Christ and the Apostles in the church, and Saints and Popes in elsewhere. The basilica has two organs: the one on right by the Antegnati Family, the one on left, by Valvassori. The church contains the following canvases:

• St Charles Borromeo Fasting (over the main door) by Daniele Crespi.
• Annunciation and Assumption (fourth chapel to left) by Simone Peterzano.
• Last Supper by Gaudenzio Ferrari.
• Pieta by Bernardino Ferrari.
• Crucifixion by Antonio Campi.
• Christ in the Garden by
  Ambrogio Figino
  .
• Frescoes by
  Ambrogio da Fossano
  in capitular room.
• Christ on the Column by Proccacini and Madonna of the Caravaggio a fresco attributed to Bramantino in chapel on the right.
• Paintings depicting events mainly relating to the Passion of Christ by Daniele Crespi on pillars of the cupola: these include a Ecce Homo; a Crucifixion; a Dead Christ supported by an Angel; an Angel displays the Sacra Sindone; a Washing of the Feet; a Raising of the Cross; and Descent from the Cross.^[1]

The adjacent monastery now houses the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, which houses performance areas and thousands of original musical manuscripts.

See also

• History of early modern period domes

Sources

• Milan Tourism Site
• Bartoli, Francesco (1776–1777). Notizia delle pitture, sculture, ed architetture, che ornano le chiese, e gli altri luoghi pubblici di tutte le più rinomate città d'Italia e di non poche terre, castella, e ville d'alcuni rispettivi distretti. Volume one. Venice: Presso Antonio Savioli. p. 196.

45°27′55″N 9°12′13″E / 45.46528°N 9.20361°E / 45.46528; 9.20361

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