Nossa Senhora da Penha Basilica (Recife)

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The Basilica Nossa Senhora da Penha ( German  Basilica of Our Lady of the Rock ) is a parish church in Recife , capital of the Brazilian province of Pernambuco . The church of the Capuchin Monastery in the Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife was the first of the order in Brazil and bears the title of a minor basilica .

history

The church in the São Jose district goes back to the Fora de Porta de Santo Antônio oratory , which was founded in 1655 by French Capuchin monks after the expulsion of the Dutch . The Marian title Nossa Senhora da Penha (de França) comes from a miraculous image on Mount Peña de Francia in the Spanish Sierra de Francia . The current church was built by Capuchins from Venice between 1870 and 1882. The model for the building was the classicist basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. Pope Pius XII elevated the church to a minor basilica in 1949. Extensive restorations took place between 2007 and 2014.

Traditionally, the Basilica of Penha gathers large numbers of believers on Fridays when the Capuchins give the blessing of St. Felix , a canonized Capuchin brother, throughout the day .

Building

The three-aisled basilica in the neo-renaissance style has a cruciform floor plan with an important crossing dome over a drum . There are tall bell towers on the side of the choir.

In addition to a bas-relief, the main altar has figures of Francis of Assisi and Antonius of Padua carved out of marble by Valentino Besarel , the Italian sculptor also includes other works of art in the church. Some of the frescoes are by the Brazilian Murillo La Greca, the origin of many other works of art is not documented.

literature

  • Carlos Alberto Barreto Campelo de Melo: Explorando a basílica Nossa Senhora da Penha, no Recife: incursões arquitetônicas e revelações artísticas . In: Encontro de História da Arte . tape 8 , 2012, p. 77–87 (Brazilian Portuguese, unicamp.br [PDF] - brief illustrated introduction).

Web links

Commons : Basilica of Nossa Senhora da Penha  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Resumo do projeto da Basílica da Penha. In: CECI. Retrieved May 5, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Basílica Nossa Senhora da Penha on gcatholic.org
  3. ↑ Basílica da Penha: Patrimônio histórico e religioso reabre as portas neste domingo. July 4, 2015, accessed May 5, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Benção de São Félix volta a acontecer na Basílica da Penha, No Recife. July 10, 2015, accessed May 5, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Carlos Alberto Barreto Campelo de Melo: Explorando a basílica Nossa Senhora da Penha, no Recife: incursões arquitetônicas e revelações artísticas (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 8 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  S , 34 ° 52 ′ 43 ″  W.