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'''Santa Maria in Campitelli''' or '''Santa Maria in Portico''' is a church dedicated to the [[Virgin Mary]] on the narrow Piazza di Campitelli in [[Sant'Angelo (rione of Rome)|Rione Sant'Angelo]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]].
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'''Santa Maria in Campitelli''' or '''Santa Maria in Portico''' (''Santa Maria in Portico di Campitelli'') is a church dedicated to the [[Virgin Mary]] on the narrow Piazza di Campitelli in [[Sant'Angelo (rione of Rome)|Rione Sant'Angelo]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. The church is served by the [[Clerics Regular of the Mother of God]].


==History==
==History==
Santa Maria in Campitelli is located over the former site of the [[Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC)|Temple of Jupiter Stator]], part of the [[Porticus Octaviae]] until the area's destruction in the [[Great Fire of Rome]] in the mid-1st century. The [[Temple of Juno Regina]] was located nearby.
Tradition holds that a primitive oratory or church was founded at the site during the years 523-526, under the papacy of [[Pope John I|John I]]. This structure was located near the [[Porticus Octaviae]] (giving the church and icon its name of "Madonna of the Portico"). The structure putatively was meant to house a venerated 25&nbsp;cm-high [[icon]] of the Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul. Tradition claimed the icon appeared miraculously in 524 at the table of [[Galla of Rome|Galla]], a Roman woman who was helping the poor, and it was said to be carried in processions since 590. The initial church structure was the no-longer extant Oratory of Santa Galla, located across the piazza from the present church, and which was attached to a hospital of the same name. More recent analysis of the style and [[dendrochronology]] of the icon date it to the 11th century.


Tradition holds that a primitive oratory or church was founded at the site during the years 523–526, under the papacy of [[Pope John I]]. This structure was located near the [[Porticus Octaviae]] (giving the church and icon its name of "Madonna of the Portico"). The structure was created to house a venerated 25&nbsp;cm-high [[icon]] of the Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul. According to legend, the icon appeared miraculously in 524 at the table of [[Galla of Rome|Galla]], a Roman woman who was helping the poor, and it was said to be carried in processions since 590.<ref name=Schofield>[https://www.vecarchives.org/blog/2020/santa-maria-in-campitelli-an-old-roman-church-with-strong-british-connections Schofield, Nicholas. "Santa Maria in Campitelli: an old Roman church with strong British connections", Venerable English College, Rome, 26 February 2020]</ref>
Circa 1656, the city of Rome was ravaged by plague, and it was felt that the prayers to this icon, which had been carried in procession through the streets, had played a role in stopping the epidemic. This putative miraculous intervention prompted [[Pope Alexander VII]] to erect a grander church, instead of the ancient oratory, to house the icon. He commissioned the high [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] design from [[Carlo Rainaldi]], and construction took place between 1659 and 1667. The church was kept under the maintanence by the order of [[Clerics Regular of the Mother of God]], that had been founded in [[Lucca]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-2c5AAAAcAAJ Guida metodica di Roma e suoi contorni], by Giuseppe Melchiorri, Rome (1836); page 326.</ref>


The initial church structure was the no-longer extant Oratory of Santa Galla, located across the piazza from the present church, and which was attached to a hospital of the same name. More recent analysis of the style and [[dendrochronology]] of the icon date it to the 11th century. The image is very likely a reproduction of some ancient painting or mosaic venerated in the Galla portico.<ref>[https://www.santamariainportico.it/la-storia/l-icona-di-s-m-in-portico "The Icon of Santa Maria in Portico", Santa Maria in Campitelli]</ref>
Rainaldi's facade has a complex stacking of two levels of [[travertine]] [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] (below) and composite columns, detached from the facade, and emphasizing a strong vertical lines. The original design included statues which were however never executed. The portal has an inscription offering ''plenary indulgence daily to the living and dead''.


Circa 1656, the city of Rome was ravaged by plague, and it was felt that the prayers to this icon, which had been carried in procession through the streets, had played a role in stopping the epidemic. This putative miraculous intervention prompted [[Pope Alexander VII]] to erect a grander church, instead of the ancient oratory, to house the icon. He commissioned the high [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] design from [[Carlo Rainaldi]],<ref>[https://mediakron.bc.edu/rome/places/church/s-maria-in-campitelli Leone, Stephanie C., "S. Maria in Campitelli", Roma: Caput Mundi, Boston College]</ref> and construction took place between 1659 and 1667. The church was kept under the maintenance by the order of [[Clerics Regular of the Mother of God]], that had been founded in [[Lucca]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-2c5AAAAcAAJ Guida metodica di Roma e suoi contorni], by Giuseppe Melchiorri, Rome (1836); page 326.</ref>
Santa Maria in Portico is a [[Titular_church#Deaconries|diaconate]]; it has no [[Cardinal-Deacon]] since the death of the former holder [[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d1m08.html | title=Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) | publisher=Catholic Hierarchy | accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref>


Rainaldi's facade has a complex stacking of two levels of [[travertine]] [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] (below) and composite columns, detached from the facade, and emphasizing a strong vertical lines.<ref name=Turismo>[https://www.turismoroma.it/en/places/church-santa-maria-portico-campitelli "Church of Santa Maria in Portico in Campitelli", Turismo Roma, Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion Department]</ref> The original design included statues which were however never executed. The portal has an inscription offering ''plenary indulgence daily to the living and dead''.
==Interior==
[[File:Santa Maria in Campitelli (Rome) - Interior.jpg|right|250px|thumb|View towards main altar and gilded ''glory''.]]
[[File:ROMA 2010 (5101827424).jpg|thumb|left|Marble bas-relief depicting the ''Holy Family and Blessed Ludovica Albertoni'' by Ottoni.]]
The main altar of the church housees the icon in a gilded ''glory'' or ''gloria'' of angels, clouds and rays of light, recalling the effects used by [[Bernini]] for the apse of [[St Peter's Basilica|Basilica of St Peter]]. This main altar was designed circa 1666 by either the Bernini pupil [[Melchiorre Caffà]], or by [[Giovanni Antonio de Rossi]]. There is a staircase behind the 'gloria' allowing a better view of the icon, open by request only.


Santa Maria in Portico is a [[Titular church#Cardinal-deaconries|diaconate]]; it has as its current [[Cardinal-Deacon]] [[Michael Louis Fitzgerald]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d1m08.html | title=Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli) | publisher=Catholic Hierarchy | accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref>
The first chapel on the right has an altarpiece depicting ''St Michael Archangel'' by [[Sebastiano Conca]]. The second chapel, designed by Rainaldi, has an altarpiece depicting ''Saints Anne, Joseph, and Mary'' by [[Luca Giordano]]. The angels are by [[Michel Maille]], [[Francesco Cavallini]], and [[Francesco Baratta]]. The third chapel on the right displays an ancient roman alabaster column, previously part of the old oratory.


To the left of the facade is a fountain by [[Giacomo della Porta]]. The Church was a location for the 2021 movie ''[[House of Gucci]]'' for the scene of the wedding of Patrizia (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio (Adam Driver).
In the right crossing is the funerary monument of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Bartolomeo Pacca]] (died 1863), sculpted by [[Ferdinando Pettrich]]. The main altar (of 1667), designed by [[Carlo Rainaldi|Rainaldi]], was completed by [[Antonio De Rossi]], [[Ercole Ferrata|Ferrata]] and [[Giovanni Paolo Schor]]. The main altar enshrines the small icon of the Virgin mentioned above.


==Interior==
In the third chapel to the left is an altarpiece depicting the ''Conversion of St Paul'' by [[Ludovico Gimignani]]. The ceiling was frescoed by Ricciolini. This chapel was commissioned by a member of the Capizucchi family, and designed by [[Mattia de Rossi]].
[[File:Rome Santa Maria in Campitelli 2020 P02 Santa Maria in Portico.jpg|thumb|Santa Maria in Portico]]


The main altar of the church houses the icon in a gilded ''glory'' or ''gloria'' of angels, clouds and rays of light, recalling the effects used by [[Bernini]] for the apse of [[St Peter's Basilica|Basilica of St Peter]]. Designed by [[Carlo Rainaldi|Rainaldi]] (c.1666), it was completed by [[Giovanni Antonio de Rossi]], [[Ercole Ferrata]] and [[Johann Paul Schor|Giovanni Paolo Schor]]. The main altar enshrines the small icon of Santa Maria in Portico.
The second chapel on the left was commissioned by Cardinal [[Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni]], and designed by Giovanni Battista Contini. The angels in the cardinal's funerary monument here were sculpted by [[Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644-1725)|Giuseppe Mazzuoli]]. The main altarpiece was painted by [[Il Baciccia]], while the ceiling frescoes were painted by [[Giacinto Calandrucci]].


The icon is a precious work of silver-gilt and [[champlevé enamel]], probably from the 11th century.<ref name=Turismo/> There is a staircase behind the 'gloria' allowing a better view of the icon, open by request only.
In the first chapel on the left, was refurbished (1705) by commission of Prince Angelo Altieri, and designed by Sebastiano Cipriani. The bas-relief altarpiece depicts a ''Holy Family and [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Ludovica Albertoni]]'' by [[Lorenzo Ottoni]].<ref>Melchiorri, page 327.</ref> The site chosen for this church included the location of the house where Ludovica Albertoni had lived. In 1669 Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni had married Laura Caterina Altieri, niece of Pope [[Clement X]]. This Pope, whose family name would have otherwise died, had this Albertoni change their surnames to Altieri. Flanking the Baroque Ottoni relief are two neoclassical funerary monuments of Altieri family members.


In the right crossing is the funerary monument of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Bartolomeo Pacca]] (died 1863), sculpted by [[Ferdinando Pettrich]].
To the left of the facade is a fountain by [[Giacomo della Porta]].

==Chapels==
* '''Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel''': The first chapel on the right has an altarpiece depicting ''St Michael Archangel'' by [[Sebastiano Conca]].<ref name=Turismo/>
* '''Chapel of St. Anne''': The second chapel, designed by Rainaldi, has an altarpiece depicting ''Saints Anne, Joseph, and Mary'' by [[Luca Giordano]]. The angels are by Michel Maille, [[Francesco Cavallini]], and [[Francesco Baratta]].
* '''Capella Muta Busi''': The third chapel on the right displays an ancient Roman alabaster column, previously part of the old oratory.
* '''Albertoni Chapel''': In the first chapel on the left, was refurbished (1705) by commission of Prince Angelo Altieri, and designed by Sebastiano Cipriani. The bas-relief altarpiece depicts a ''Holy Family and [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Ludovica Albertoni]]'' by [[Lorenzo Ottoni]].<ref>Melchiorri, page 327.</ref> The site chosen for this church included the location of the house where Ludovica Albertoni had lived. In 1669 Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni had married Laura Caterina Altieri, niece of Pope [[Clement X]]. This Pope, whose family name would have otherwise died, had this Albertoni change their surnames to Altieri. Flanking the Baroque Ottoni relief are two neoclassical funerary monuments of Altieri family members.
* '''Albertoni Altieri Chapel''': The second chapel on the left was commissioned by Cardinal [[Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni]], and designed by Giovanni Battista Contini. The angels in the cardinal's funerary monument here were sculpted by [[Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644-1725)|Giuseppe Mazzuoli]]. The main altarpiece was painted by [[Il Baciccia]], while the ceiling frescoes were painted by [[Giacinto Calandrucci]]. The remains of [[John Leonardi|San Giovanni Leonardi, founder of the Clerics Regular, is enshrined under the altar.
* '''Capizucchi Chapel'''/: In the third chapel to the left is an altarpiece depicting the ''Conversion of St Paul'' by [[Ludovico Gimignani]]. The ceiling was frescoed by Ricciolini. This chapel was commissioned by a member of the Capizucchi family, and designed by [[Mattia de Rossi]].


Since the time of the [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], the church has been a center of devotion praying for the conversion of England back to Catholicism.
Since the time of the [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], the church has been a center of devotion praying for the conversion of England back to Catholicism.


<gallery>
==List of Cardinal-Deacons==
File:Santa Maria in Campitelli (Rome) - Interior.jpg|View towards main altar and gilded ''glory''
File:SantaMariaCampitelli-Altare01-SteO153.JPG|SantaMariaCampitelli-Altar
File:ROMA 2010 (5101827424).jpg|Marble bas-relief depicting the ''Holy Family and Blessed Ludovica Albertoni'' by Ottoni.
File:S M in Campitelli - organo P1110410.JPG|pipe organ
</gallery>

==List of cardinal deacons==
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*[[Ippolito de' Rossi]] (1586–1587)
*[[Ippolito de' Rossi]] (1586–1587)
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*[[Flavio Chigi (1711-1771)|Flavio Chigi]] (1759–1771)
*[[Flavio Chigi (1711-1771)|Flavio Chigi]] (1759–1771)
*[[Filippo Carandini]] (1787–1794)
*[[Filippo Carandini]] (1787–1794)
*[[Charles Erskine (cardinal)|Charles Erskine]] (1803–1811)
*[[Charles Erskine (cardinal)|Charles Erskine]] (1803–1811)<ref name=Schofield/>
*[[Stanislao Sanseverino]] (1816–1825)
*[[Stanislao Sanseverino]] (1816–1825)
*[[Belisario Cristaldi]] (1828–1831)
*[[Belisario Cristaldi]] (1828–1831)
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*[[Francesco Segna]] (1894–1911)
*[[Francesco Segna]] (1894–1911)
*[[Giovanni Lugari]] (1911–1914)
*[[Giovanni Lugari]] (1911–1914)
*[[Francis Aidan Gasquet]], [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]] (1915–1924; Cardinal priest: 1924–1929)
*[[Francis Aidan Gasquet]], [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]] (1915–1924; Cardinal priest: 1924–1929)<ref name=Schofield/>
*[[Massimo Massimi]] (1935–1946; Cardinal priest: 1946–1954)
*[[Massimo Massimi]] (1935–1946; Cardinal priest: 1946–1954)
*[[Carlo Chiarlo]] (Cardinal priest: 1958–1964)
*[[Carlo Chiarlo]] (Cardinal priest: 1958–1964)
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*[[Corrado Bafile]] (1976–1987; Cardinal priest: 1987–2005)
*[[Corrado Bafile]] (1976–1987; Cardinal priest: 1987–2005)
*[[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]] (2006–2017)
*[[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]] (2006–2017)
*[[Michael L. Fitzgerald]] (2019–present)<ref name=Schofield/>
*Vacant
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==Sources==
==References==
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==External links==

* [https://www.santamariainportico.it/ website]
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* [http://www.churches-of-rome.info/CoR_Info/SMPC%20123/123_SM_in_Campitelli.pdf "Santa Maria in Campitelli", Churches of Rome]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=JPoDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Santa+Maria+in+Campitelli&pg=PA214 "Celebrated Sanctuaries of the Madonna", ''The Rambler'', 1860, p. 211]


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"Santa Maria in Portico" redirects here. For the church in Naples, see Santa Maria in Portico, Naples.
Santa Maria in Campitelli
Church of Saint Mary by the Porticus, in Campitelli
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Portico in Campitelli
Portico
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41°53′35″N 12°28′46″E / 41.893094°N 12.479379°E / 41.893094; 12.479379
LocationPiazza di Campitelli 9, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
Websitesantamariainportico.it
History
Statustitular church
Founded6th century AD
DedicationMary, mother of Jesus
Architecture
Architectural typeBaroque
Completed1667
Administration
DioceseRome

Santa Maria in Campitelli or Santa Maria in Portico (Santa Maria in Portico di Campitelli) is a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the narrow Piazza di Campitelli in Rione Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy. The church is served by the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God.

History[edit]

Santa Maria in Campitelli is located over the former site of the Temple of Jupiter Stator, part of the Porticus Octaviae until the area's destruction in the Great Fire of Rome in the mid-1st century. The Temple of Juno Regina was located nearby.

Tradition holds that a primitive oratory or church was founded at the site during the years 523–526, under the papacy of Pope John I. This structure was located near the Porticus Octaviae (giving the church and icon its name of "Madonna of the Portico"). The structure was created to house a venerated 25 cm-high icon of the Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul. According to legend, the icon appeared miraculously in 524 at the table of Galla, a Roman woman who was helping the poor, and it was said to be carried in processions since 590.[1]

The initial church structure was the no-longer extant Oratory of Santa Galla, located across the piazza from the present church, and which was attached to a hospital of the same name. More recent analysis of the style and dendrochronology of the icon date it to the 11th century. The image is very likely a reproduction of some ancient painting or mosaic venerated in the Galla portico.[2]

Circa 1656, the city of Rome was ravaged by plague, and it was felt that the prayers to this icon, which had been carried in procession through the streets, had played a role in stopping the epidemic. This putative miraculous intervention prompted Pope Alexander VII to erect a grander church, instead of the ancient oratory, to house the icon. He commissioned the high Baroque design from Carlo Rainaldi,[3] and construction took place between 1659 and 1667. The church was kept under the maintenance by the order of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, that had been founded in Lucca.[4]

Rainaldi's facade has a complex stacking of two levels of travertine Corinthian (below) and composite columns, detached from the facade, and emphasizing a strong vertical lines.[5] The original design included statues which were however never executed. The portal has an inscription offering plenary indulgence daily to the living and dead.

Santa Maria in Portico is a diaconate; it has as its current Cardinal-Deacon Michael Louis Fitzgerald.[6]

To the left of the facade is a fountain by Giacomo della Porta. The Church was a location for the 2021 movie House of Gucci for the scene of the wedding of Patrizia (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio (Adam Driver).

Interior[edit]

Santa Maria in Portico

The main altar of the church houses the icon in a gilded glory or gloria of angels, clouds and rays of light, recalling the effects used by Bernini for the apse of Basilica of St Peter. Designed by Rainaldi (c.1666), it was completed by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi, Ercole Ferrata and Giovanni Paolo Schor. The main altar enshrines the small icon of Santa Maria in Portico.

The icon is a precious work of silver-gilt and champlevé enamel, probably from the 11th century.[5] There is a staircase behind the 'gloria' allowing a better view of the icon, open by request only.

In the right crossing is the funerary monument of Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (died 1863), sculpted by Ferdinando Pettrich.

Chapels[edit]

  • Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel: The first chapel on the right has an altarpiece depicting St Michael Archangel by Sebastiano Conca.[5]
  • Chapel of St. Anne: The second chapel, designed by Rainaldi, has an altarpiece depicting Saints Anne, Joseph, and Mary by Luca Giordano. The angels are by Michel Maille, Francesco Cavallini, and Francesco Baratta.
  • Capella Muta Busi: The third chapel on the right displays an ancient Roman alabaster column, previously part of the old oratory.
  • Albertoni Chapel: In the first chapel on the left, was refurbished (1705) by commission of Prince Angelo Altieri, and designed by Sebastiano Cipriani. The bas-relief altarpiece depicts a Holy Family and Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Lorenzo Ottoni.[7] The site chosen for this church included the location of the house where Ludovica Albertoni had lived. In 1669 Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni had married Laura Caterina Altieri, niece of Pope Clement X. This Pope, whose family name would have otherwise died, had this Albertoni change their surnames to Altieri. Flanking the Baroque Ottoni relief are two neoclassical funerary monuments of Altieri family members.
  • Albertoni Altieri Chapel: The second chapel on the left was commissioned by Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, and designed by Giovanni Battista Contini. The angels in the cardinal's funerary monument here were sculpted by Giuseppe Mazzuoli. The main altarpiece was painted by Il Baciccia, while the ceiling frescoes were painted by Giacinto Calandrucci. The remains of [[John Leonardi|San Giovanni Leonardi, founder of the Clerics Regular, is enshrined under the altar.
  • Capizucchi Chapel/: In the third chapel to the left is an altarpiece depicting the Conversion of St Paul by Ludovico Gimignani. The ceiling was frescoed by Ricciolini. This chapel was commissioned by a member of the Capizucchi family, and designed by Mattia de Rossi.

Since the time of the James Francis Edward Stuart, the church has been a center of devotion praying for the conversion of England back to Catholicism.

  • View towards main altar and gilded glory
    View towards main altar and gilded glory
  • SantaMariaCampitelli-Altar
    SantaMariaCampitelli-Altar
  • Marble bas-relief depicting the Holy Family and Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Ottoni.
    Marble bas-relief depicting the Holy Family and Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Ottoni.
  • pipe organ
    pipe organ

List of cardinal deacons[edit]

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santa Maria in Campitelli (Rome).
  1. ^ a b c d Schofield, Nicholas. "Santa Maria in Campitelli: an old Roman church with strong British connections", Venerable English College, Rome, 26 February 2020
  2. ^ "The Icon of Santa Maria in Portico", Santa Maria in Campitelli
  3. ^ Leone, Stephanie C., "S. Maria in Campitelli", Roma: Caput Mundi, Boston College
  4. ^ Guida metodica di Roma e suoi contorni, by Giuseppe Melchiorri, Rome (1836); page 326.
  5. ^ a b c "Church of Santa Maria in Portico in Campitelli", Turismo Roma, Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion Department
  6. ^ "Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  7. ^ Melchiorri, page 327.

External links[edit]

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