Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri
| Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri | ||
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 Church building, exterior view |
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| place | Vatican city | |
| Construction year | 1565 | |
| height | 20 m | |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 54 '14 .9 " N , 12 ° 27' 26.9" E | |
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Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri is a parish church dedicated to Saint Anne in the Vatican City .
With the Lateran Treaty of 1929, the parish went to the Augustinian order ; instead, the Palafrenieri received Santa Caterina della Rota as the new parish church .
building
With his motu proprio of November 20, 1565, Pope Pius IV commissioned the Brotherhood of Palafrenieri to build a church near the Apostolic Palace. It was consecrated in 1583. The architect was Giacomo da Vignola .
Madonna dei Palafrenieri
In 1603 the brotherhood ordered a painting of St. Anne from Caravaggio for the altar of the Palafrenieri in St. Peter's Basilica . The work Madonna and Child and St. Anne , executed in 1605/06, was exhibited for a short time in the parish church and then sold to Cardinal Scipione Borghese , which is why it can now be seen in the Borghese Gallery .
organ
On the right-hand podium stands an organ that was built in 1931 by the organ builder Giuseppe Migliorini. The instrument has twelve registers on two manuals and pedal , the actions are electric.
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Trivia
The eastern facade of the parish church forms the border between the state of the Vatican City and Italy .
Web links
- Pontificia Parrochia
- Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Parafrenieri ( Memento of December 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )