San Domenico (Palermo)

Piazza San Domenico

San Domenico is a Dominican church in Palermo , Sicily . It is on Via Roma and Piazza San Domenico. To the east, on Via Bambinai, is the Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico , which belongs to the Dominican monastery complex .

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San Domenico (Palermo) facade

Chiesa San Domenico (Palermo) Pieta by Domenico Gagini

The first Dominican church from the 13th century in Gothic style was followed by a Renaissance building from 1458 to 1480, which was renovated between 1637 and 1640 by the Dominican priest and architect Andrea Cirrincione. The two-towered Baroque facade from 1726 is decorated with statues of Saint Dominicans ( Thomas Aquinas (around 1225–1274), above it Saint Dominic (around 1170–1222) and Dominican Popes Innocent V (1276), Pius V (1266–1272 ), Benedict XI. (1303–1304) and Benedict XIII. (1724–1730)) as well as with Peter , which come from Giovan Maria Serpotta , the great-grandson of Giacomo Serpotta .

The three-aisled interior in the form of a Latin cross, divided by 16 columns, is the largest church space in Sicily with 88.92 × 34.68 m . The altar houses the relics of the Palermitan saint Dominican Pietro Geremia . Since 1853, thanks to the writer Agostino Gallo as the Pantheon , the church has been the burial place of famous Sicilians. So here are Michele and Emerico Amari , Francesco Crispi , and the painter Pietro Novelli and Giuseppe Velasco buried.

There are numerous important sculptures and paintings in the church.

Sculptures

Domenico Gagini : "Pieta"
Antonello Gagini : "Josef", "S. Catherine of Siena ”(1527),“ Annunciation ”, frieze with cherubim, bas-relief with Saint Catherine, high relief with Pieta, bas-relief with Saint Jerome and a holy water font in relief
Gaspare Serpotta : stucco frieze with cherubins
Ignazio Marabitti : Monument to Domenico and Michele Scaro
Antonio Canova : “Trinity”

The monumental choir stalls from the 18th century behind the altar were made from walnut according to plans by the Dominican Giovanni Battista Ondars and the rococo organ was built in 1781.

painting

Vito d'Anna : "Guardian Angel" and "Group of Praying Dominicans"
Giovanni Paolo Fondulli : "Crucifixion with Maria Magdalena and Thomas" (1573)
Giuseppe Velasco : "Saint Vincent Ferrer " (1787)
Rosalia Novelli : "Maria with child between Joachim and Agnes von Montepulciano"
Gaspare Vazzano : “Saint Dominic in ecstasy before the Holy Cross” (1603) “Saint Hyacinth of Poland” (around 1598) and “Scenes from the life of Saint Raimondo di Penafort”
Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia: “Mary gives roses to Saint Dominic, surrounded by Saints Christina, Ninfa, Vincent Ferrer and the donor couple” (1540).
Andrea Carrera : “Santa Rosalia” (after 1670)

literature

Matteo Musso: Illustrazione del Pantheon siciliano nel tempio di San Domenico in Palermo. Stabilimento Tipografico Virzì, Palermo 1910.
Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .

Web links

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