San Giacomo degli Incurabili
| San Giacomo degli Incurabili
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| Patronage : | St. Jacob |
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| Cardinal priest : |
 Chibly Langlois
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| Address: | Via del Corso, 499 00186 Roma |
San Giacomo degli Incurabili ( Latin Sancti Iacobi incurabilium ), in Rome common San Giacomo in Augusta (Latin: Sancti Iacobi in Augusta ), is a church in Rome . It was started by Francesco da Volterra and completed by Carlo Maderno . It is considered an “important stage of development” for church architecture in the 17th century.
location
The church is located in the 4th Roman Rione Campo Marzio , about 200 meters north of the Augustus Mausoleum , from which it got its nickname. It got its actual name from the adjacent hospice for the terminally ill (Italian: Incurabili ).
History and building history
The hospice for the terminally ill was founded in 1338 by Cardinal Pietro Colonna , demolished in 1579 and replaced by a new building. Relationships with a brotherhood around Santa Dorotea are known in the early 16th century . In 1590 Francesco da Volterra was commissioned to plan a new church, and construction began in 1592. Carlo Maderno completed the church in 1600.
Exterior
The facade of the church does not reveal the structure of the church behind it. On the ground floor, three portals open between pilasters, the capitals of which follow a Doric order. The central risalit is emphasized, in the basement the central portal is covered by a segmented gable. The cranked cornice divides the surface horizontally, on the upper floor the window is crowned by a scallop shell as an indication of the church as consecrated to St. Jacob, above it again a cranked triangular gable. Volutes run out to the side on both sides of the middle segment . The final triangular gable is also cranked and thus repeats the structure of the upper floor. The upper floor should rather bear the signature of Maderno.
Interior
The inside of the building is designed as an oval structure. Da Volterra created a lengthwise oval dome, the long walls he designed following an idea of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola similar to ancient triumphal arches . In addition to the middle chapels under the large arcades, a smaller one opens to the right and left, all of which are square in shape. The narrow sides of the oval are taken up by the choir and opposite by the vestibule of the entrance, the two components are in turn vaulted by high arcades. The wall surfaces are further subdivided by the six pilasters with Corinthian capitals placed between the chapels. The choice of the triumphal arch as the inner dividing element means that the “sacred space is ennobled in a new, unfamiliar way”. The building still stands for the high quality of the work done by Volterras. Above the all-round cornice, a dome with a flat vault completes the building.
For the Cappella dei Miracoli , also called Capella Francesco da Paola , the middle chapel on the right, Pierre Legros created the altar relief in 1716; The subject is shown as St. Franz von Paula praying in front of a picture of Mary .
Cardinal priest
On February 22nd, 2014 Pope Francis elevated the church to the title church .
The following person is the Cardinal Priest of San Giacomo degli Incurabili:
- Chibly Langlois , Bishop of Les Cayes , since February 22, 2014
literature
- Stefan Grundmann (Ed.): Architectural Guide Rome. Menges, Stuttgart / London 1997, ISBN 3-930698-59-5 .
- Rolf Tomann (Red.): The art of the baroque: architecture, sculpture, painting . Könemann, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89508-991-5 .
- Manfred Wundram (Ed.): Reclams Art Guide, Italy. Volume V. Rome and Latium . Reclam, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-15-008679-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Grundmann, Architekturführer Rom , p. 191.
- ↑ a b Wundram (Ed.): Reclams Art Guide, Italy. Volume V. Rome and Latium , p. 171.
- ↑ Tomann (Red.): The Art of Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting , p. 429.
- ^ David M. Cheney: Chibly Cardinal Langlois (Catholic-Hierarchy). Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 27.8 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 38.3" E