Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case

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The monastery of Sant'Isidoro

Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case is a church and monastery building in Rome . The Franciscan monastery is located in the Ludovisi district on the Pincio ; the church is the national church of Ireland in Rome. From 1810 to 1820 the convent building was home to the Nazarenes artists' colony .

history

The church and monastery were donated by Ottaviano Vestri di Barbiano. The occasion was the canonization of five saints by Gregory XV. in 1622, among them Isidore of Madrid . Spanish Franciscans from the barefoot branch of the order moved into the new, still unfinished convent. After only two years, the complex came to Franciscans from Ireland under the leadership of Luke Wadding , who had fled to Rome. Wadding set up a study house, which was recognized by a bull from Pope Urban VIII in 1625 . In addition to St. Isidor, St. Patrick became the patron saint of the monastery and church.

The Irish Convention was briefly dissolved by Napoleon . The German artists of the Lukasbund moved into the empty building in 1810 under the leadership of Friedrich Overbeck and established a living and working community that lasted here until around 1820. During this time the name Nazarenes established itself for the group . The name of the street Via degli Artisti , which runs alongside the convent , still reminds of its use by the artists' colony.

The Irish Franciscans got the facility back; up to the end of the 20th century they maintained a college here (St. Isidore's College) , which all Franciscans of the Irish Order Province (including Australia) attended. In 2008 the facility was handed over to the General Master of the Franciscan Order, who transferred the convent and the activities of St. Bonaventure in Grottaferrata with an important library there. An Irish Franciscan presence should, however, be retained if possible. Today 13 Franciscans from six countries live here.

church

Facade of the church by Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri , 1704–05.

The monastery church was initially started based on a design by Antonio Felice Casoni. The facade was designed by Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri (1704–1705) using the double-ramped staircase and portico already completed by Domenico Castelli . The interior has a single nave in the shape of a Latin cross and has a barrel vault . There are two side chapels in the nave and two in the choir . The ceiling paintings are by Carlo Maratta ( Story of Joseph , Immaculate Conception ), the painting in the dome is by Domenico Bartolini . The high altar shows a painting of St. Isidore and the Virgin Mary by Andrea Sacchi . The Cappella Da Sylva was rebuilt according to a design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and contains grave monuments designed by his son Paolo Valentino Bernini.

Convent building

The convent building is built around two cloisters , the small cloister (il piccolo chiostro) designed by Casoni in 1626 and the Wadding cloister, named after Luke Wadding, with 17th century murals.

literature

  • M. Armellini: Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX. Roma 1891 ( digitized ).
  • C. Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. Newton & Compton, Milano 2000, p. 166.

Web links

Commons : Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Luke Wadding in the English language Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ According to the website , accessed on October 6, 2012.

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 21.9 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 12.5 ″  E