Benedetto Molli

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Jesuit Church of St. Peter and Paul in Lutsk

Benedetto Molli (born March 16, 1597 in Rome , † October 1, 1657 ) was an Italian architect who worked in Italy and Poland-Lithuania .

Life

Benedetto Molli became a Jesuit in 1617 . Since 1627 he has been known to design and manage Jesuit buildings in Perugia , Panicale and Montepulciano in Italy.

Since 1633 Molli was in Poland-Lithuania. There he designed churches and monasteries in Ostrog, Olyka , Lutsk and Grodno .

From about 1653 he lived again in Italy, where he also died.

Buildings (selection)

Benedetto Molli designed churches and college buildings in Italy and today's Ukraine and Belarus.

Italy

  • 1627/30 Perugia , Theological College
  • around 1628/1630 Panicale , Jesuit residence
  • 1630 Montepulciano , Jesuit College
  • 1631 Rome , Collegium Germanicum, draft not implemented

Poland-Lithuania

  • 1634/40 Ostrog, Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius and Franz Xaver
  • 1635 Olyka , Jesuit Church of the Holy Trinity

Italy

literature

  • J. Paszenda: Molli (Moly, De Molle, Demolle, Di molli, Dimollius) Benedetto (1597-1657) . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . T. XXI / 4. 1976. p. 635.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. L'architetto gesuita Benedetto Molli e il palazzo Pamphili in Valmontone. (Appendice documentaria) Spoglio di periodici (fino al 2006), with photos