San Stanislao Kostka (Palermo)

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San Stanislao Kostka

The Church of San Stanislao Kostka is a parish church in Palermo .

Description of the church

The college in Piazza Noviziato and the church were designed in 1604 by Natale Masuccio from Messina, who was also busy building the Jesuit church in Palermo. She served as a chapel for the College of the Jesuits - novices . The construction was not completed until 1704 with the completion of the facade by Giuseppe Diamante .

After the Jesuits were expelled in 1767, the college buildings were used as barracks for the Bourbon troops . They were destroyed during the Palermitan uprisings of 1848 and later fell into disrepair.

The facade of Diamante, divided by an entablature and crowned by a gable, is structured by four pilasters, between which arched and square niches and two vegetable-decorated medallions on false plinths with Jesuit saints are attached. Above the door is the medallion with St. Stanislaus Kostka by Giacomo Pennino (1725) carried by two putti .

Between 1763 and 1765 the interior was richly decorated in the Rococo style with stucco by Diamante and frescoes by De Palma. The ceiling vaults are decorated by the plasterers Gaspare Firriolo and Vittorio Perez with representations of symbols of the Eucharist and the Ark of the Covenant.

Paintings and sculptures

  • Bartolomeo Sansovino: sculptures of charity and abundance in the presbytery
  • Giuseppe Palumbo: Madonna and Johannes (1686, probably based on a design by Paolo Amato )
  • Antonio Grano : in the side chapel (walls and ceiling) with passion frescoes (1687)
  • Paolo Amato : in the Cappella S. Ignazio design and execution of the decoration (in collaboration with Francesco Scuto)
  • Gaetano Mercurio : main altarpiece "Last Supper" (around 1770)

literature

  • 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 .
  • Maria Giuffre: Baroque Sicily. Michaell Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-264-2 .

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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 '3.5 "  N , 13 ° 21' 6.7"  E