San Filippo Neri nel Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne

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The facade of the palace facing the Piazza dei Massimi , the chapel can be recognized by the windows with the marble robes on the second floor, here with a peace flag in the middle window

San Filippo Neri is a small chapel in the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome . It recalls a miracle that is said to have occurred on March 16, 1583. The small room was completely rebuilt in the 18th century and redesigned again at the beginning of the 19th century. Although actually declared a public church, the chapel is only open once a year because it is still privately owned.

Location and miracle activity

The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne is located in the VI. roman rione parione . The chapel is on the second floor of this building. The windows face the north side of the palace building on the Piazza dei Massimi .

The then 14-year-old Prince Paolo Massimo was seriously ill for a long time and was dying on the morning of March 16, 1583. According to legend, St. Filippo Neri visited him every day, but was late that day. Even before Neri was in the palace, the boy died. After Neri's arrival, he is said to have succeeded in raising the dead man by shouting his name, having a conversation with him for a quarter of an hour, and hearing confession before he finally died. The boy said he wanted to die to meet his mother and sister again in paradise. This was confirmed under oath by the child's father, Prince Fabrizio Massimo, and the later cardinal and almost- Pope Cesare Baronio , who was also present . However, the process only became known during the process of canonizing Neris in 1595.

The room in which the boy died was then converted into a chapel, completely redesigned by Pietro Massimo in 1710 and fundamentally changed again in 1883 on the orders of Prince Massimiliano Camillo Massimo.

On the day of the miracle in 1838 (according to Maresti Massimo) or 1839 (according to other literature sources) Pope Gregory XVI visited the chapel and elevated it to the chiesa domestica . During a visit on the day of the miracle in 1847, Pope Pius IX. the course of the votive mass , which is held here every March 16. The room is only open to the Romans and foreign guests on the day of the miracle, March 16 of each year. It is customary for a Curial Cardinal to read Holy Mass from 11 a.m. on that day . On this occasion, other rooms of the Palazzo Massimo can also be visited.

Today's appearance

A small anteroom with a painting from Florence from the 15th century leads into the chapel , depicting Mary with Jesus, angels and above that God .

The room itself has three bays. It is structured according to the Tuscan order by marble columns placed freely in front of the walls . The ceiling is designed in the form of a barrel vault with stitch caps . The pillars carry a cranked architrave , which is also decorated with putti figures on the top and festoons on the underside . The floor was designed according to a design by Ludwig Seitz .

After the changes of the 19th century, the room has three altars made of polychrome marble, two on the sides and the high altar on the wall opposite the entrance. A special feature is that the room was almost completely lined with red damask . The recesses contain numerous relics of various saints under glass or in small baroque wall cupboards.

The high altar contains a painting by Niccolò Circignani , called Pomarancio , on the altarpiece ; it depicts the miraculous process itself. There is a bronze figure to the left and right a little to one side . The left represents Mary with child , the right St. Filippo Neri in ecstasy .

The right side altar contains an altarpiece with a painting from the 18th century.

The panel of the left side altar is divided into three parts like a triptych : the central panel again contains a representation of Mary with the child . The left side panel contains a representation of the two Saints John the Baptist as well as Laurentius of Rome and the right Antonius of Padua and Stephen . The picture comes from the last half of the 15th century and is attributed to a student of Carlo Crivelli . There are again numerous reliquaries on both altars .

literature

  • Heinrich Wurm: The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1965, DNB 455772630 .
  • Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. 1. Volume, Brothers Hollinek publishing house, Vienna 1967.
  • Sofia Barchiesi, Paolo Galeotti (Eds.): Roma Sacra, 10th Itinerario . Elio de Rosa Editore, Pozzuoli 1997, ISBN 88-7369-025-4 . (on-line)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sofia Barchiesi: Roma Sacra. P. 32.
  2. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 704.
  3. ↑ a b Maresti Massimo. In: Il Mondragone. June 2007, p. 5. (PDF; 4.5 MB)
  4. ^ Sofia Barchiesi: Roma Sacra. P. 32.
  5. ^ Heinrich Wurm: The Palazzo Massimo delle Colonne , p. 63.
  6. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 704.
  7. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 704.
  8. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 704.
  9. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 704.
  10. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. P. 705.

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 49.8 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 24.9"  E