Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi

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Sant'Antonio the Portoghesi

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Patronage : Saint Anthony
Consecration day :
Cardinal priest : Manuel Cardinal Clemente
Address: Via dei Portoghesi, 2
00186 Roma

Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi , more often in Rome Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio ( Latin : Sancti Antonii in Campo Martio ) is a church in Rome . It is the national church of the Portuguese and was built in the 17th century. It is best known for its facade design.

location

The church is located in the 4th Roman Rione Campo Marzio about 250 meters northeast of Piazza Navona .

history

The building was erected as the church of a hospital for Portuguese pilgrims, which was originally located here. It is a foundation of the Braganza . The interior was executed by Gaspare Guerra from 1629 to 1636. The crossing and choir are the work of Carlo Rainaldi and were completed by 1676. The facade was built by Martino Longhi the Younger in 1638.

facade

The facade is initially designed with two floors and three axes. The model for the design may have been the famous facade of Santa Susanna , a work by Carlo Maderno . The basement is characterized by a program of pilasters with multiple levels . The special emphasis on the middle risalite results from the fact that it has a further staggering level than the sides and from the strongly protruding triangular gable of the aedicula portal . The side portals are covered by openwork segment gables. The cranked cornice takes on the structure of the basement. The upper floor again has a strong emphasis on the center. The pilasters here have Corinthian capitals . The center of the design is the Braganza coat of arms above the window. The openwork triangular gable is in turn surrounded by laterally arranged elements of a segmented gable, on which angel figures are shown. The design of the volutes on the sides leading to the basement is very unusual. These are designed as herms or entablature girders and seem to support the capitals of the outer pilasters. Together with the façade of Santi Luca e Martina by Pietro da Cortona , which was built around the same time, the design heralds the transition to the Roman High Baroque. The facade, especially the design of the volutes, was the model for the design of the facade by Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio .

inner space

View into the nave towards the choir
View of the organ

In the design of the interior, Guerra was clearly based on that of Il Gesù . The result was a single nave church interior with side chapels. The ceiling of the nave is designed in the shape of a barrel vault. A classic for a church of the Il Gesù type is the dome drum, here pierced by oval round windows. Although the decorative interior is kept in the rich formal language of the Roman late baroque, it is considered to be a little "unimportant".

The frescoes on the dome are the work of the Palermitan artist Giacinto Calandrucci , who also painted the Madonna on the main altar.

In the church there is the tomb of a Portuguese diplomat from the da Souza-Holstein family , it is worth mentioning because it is a work by Antonio Canova from 1808. Cardinal José da Costa Nunes, who died in 1976, was also buried in Sant'Antonio .

organ

The organ on the gallery was built by the Mascioni organ building company. A small existing baroque organ case was reused, which had not housed an organ for a long time. The main plant was housed in this case. The other works can be found - more or less invisible from the nave - in the niches next to the grandstand; another plant was housed in the crossing. In view of the limited space in the side niches, a number of registers are placed horizontally. The instrument has 62 stops on five manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are electric.

I positivo C – c 4
1. Flauto 8th'
2. Principalino 4 ′
3. Flauto Armonico 2 ′
4th Larigot Armonico 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Cromorno 8th'
6th Clarinetto 8th'
I Corale C-c 4
7th Coupling V / I
8th. Flauto a camino 8th'
9. Flauto 4 ′
10. Sesquialtera II
11. Harpsichord III
12. Dulcian 8th'
13. tremolo
II Grand Organo C – c 4
14th Flauto 16 ′
15th Principals 8th'
16. Corno Camoscio 8th'
17th Principals 4 ′
18th Tromba 8th'
19th violoncello 4 ′
20th Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Terza 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
22nd Settima 2 2 ⁄ 7  ′
23. Night horn 2 ′
24. Cornetto V 8th'
25th Plein Jeu V-VI
III Recitativo espress. C-c 4
26th Bourdon 8th'
27. Viol 8th'
28. Voix Celeste 8th'
29 Wooden principal 4 ′
30th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
31. Basson 16 ′
32. Hautbois 8th'
33. Trumpets 8th'
34. Voix Humaine 8th'
35. tremolo
IV Solo C – c 4
36. Flûte Harmonique 8th'
37. Flute Octaviante 4 ′
38. Nasard Harmonique 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Tierce Harmonique 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
40. Piccolo Harmonique 1'
41. shelves 16 ′
42. Fagotto 16 ′
43. Oboe 8th'
44. Tremolo oboe
V echo C – c 4
45. Quintaton pedals 16 ′
46. Quintadena 8th'
47. diapason 4 ′
48. Flageolet 2 ′
49. Terziana V 8th'
V Bombarda C – c 4
50. Trombones 16 ′
51. tuba 8th'
Pedals C – g 1
52. Acustico 32 ′
53. Flautone 16 ′
54. Subbasso 16 ′
55. Gran Quinta 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
56. Flauto 8th'
57. Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
58. Flauto 4 ′
59. Flautino 2 ′
60. Grand Cornet VI
61. Bombarda 16 ′
62. Basson 16 ′
63. Fagotto 16 ′
64. Tromba 8th'
65. Clairon 4 ′
66. Chalumeau 4 ′

Chapel of St. John, in Lisbon

Floor plan of the São Roque Church in Lisbon with the rebuilt St. John's Chapel, No. 6 top left

Another specialty is the story of a Johanneskapelle . The Portuguese King John V wanted to own a building directly blessed by the Pope. In 1742 he commissioned Luigi Vanvitelli to plan a chapel, which was carried out in 1743 by Nicola Salvi in the church. It was built from expensive materials such as rare types of marble and semi-precious stones. After the blessing by Pope Benedict XIV personally, it was dismantled in individual parts and taken to Lisbon by ship . There it was rebuilt in 1747 as a side chapel of the São Roque Church and is still there today.

opening hours

The church is open from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and in the afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Cardinal priest

On February 21, 2001, Sant'Antonio became the titular church. The following people were cardinal priests of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana:

Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio
No. Surname Office from to
1 José da Cruz Policarpo Patriarch of Lisbon February 21, 2001 March 12, 2014
2 Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Patriarch of Lisbon February 14, 2015

literature

Web links

Commons : Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Grundmann (Ed.): Architekturführer Rom , p. 206.
  2. ↑ a b Bussagli (Ed.): Rom - Art & Architecture , p. 518.
  3. ↑ Grundmann (Ed.): Architekturführer Rom , p. 207.
  4. ^ Rosendorfer: Kirchenführer Rom , p. 34.
  5. ^ A b Rosendorfer: Kirchenführer Rom , p. 36.
  6. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ building company (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b Tomann (Red.): The Art of the Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting , p. 115.
  8. ↑ Tomann (Red.): The Art of the Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting , p. 118.
  9. ^ David M. Cheney: Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio (Cardinal Titular Church). In: Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 6.9 ″  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 28.1 ″  E