Santa Maria della Purità (Rome)
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Santa Maria della Purità was a church in
Location
The Church was located in Rome, in the rione Borgo, in the homonymous alley ("vicolo della purità") that joined Borgo Nuovo to Borgo Sant'Angelo.[1] The alley was separated from Borgo Nuovo by an arch, placed almost in front of the balcony of the palazzo dei Convertendi, called by the church Arco della Purità.[1][2][3] On the top of the arch burned a perpetual lamp of artistic workmanship.[3]
The church should not be confused with San Sebastiano in via pontificum, which lay very close but which at the time of the consecration of Santa Maria della Purità was probably already deconsecrated and abandoned.[3]
History
After the flooding of the
The building was restored and transformed into a small church, named in contrast to the dirt of the place to the Virgin of
On 1646, the painting was solemnly crowned as authorized by Pope Innocent X.
The miraculous image was transferred to Santa Maria in Traspontina.
Architecture and interior
The shrine had a single
References
Sources
- Baronio, Cesare (1697). Descrizione di Roma moderna (in Italian). Roma: M.A. and P.A. De Rossi.
- Borgatti, Mariano (1926). Borgo e S. Pietro nel 1300 - 1600 - 1925 (in Italian). Federico Pustet, Roma.
- Ceccarelli, Giuseppe (Ceccarius) (1938). La "Spina" dei Borghi (in Italian). Danesi, Roma.
- Delli, Sergio (1988). Le strade di Roma (in Italian). Rome: Newton & Compton.
- Gigli, Laura (1992). Guide rionali di Roma (in Italian). Vol. Borgo (II). Fratelli Palombi Editori, Roma. ISSN 0393-2710.
- ISBN 8842072362.