Santa Barbara alla Regola
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| Patronage : | St. Barbara |
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| Address: | Largo dei Librai 00186 Roma |
Santa Barbara alla Regola , commonly known as Santa Barbara dei Librai in Rome , is a small church in Rome and dates from the late 17th century in its current form. It is the guild church of booksellers (Italian: Librai ) and was the title church of the Roman Catholic Church for several decades in the 16th century .
location
Contrary to its official name, the church is not in the VII. Roman Rione Regola , but in the neighboring VI. Rione Parione , about 120 meters southeast of Campo de 'Fiori .
Building history
Like the neighboring buildings, the church stands on ancient walls; it was built in the southern area of the Theater of Pompey , which was previously located there . A first previous building has been documented since the 11th century. At the beginning of the 14th century the church was renovated and rededicated in 1306. Pope Julius III elevated it to title church in 1551, this right was revoked again in 1587. In 1601 it was handed over by Pope Clement VIII to the booksellers' guild founded a year earlier. They initially had the church restored and later rebuilt by 1680.
facade
The facade was created in 1680 according to plans by Giuseppe Passeri . It is two-story and divided into three axes. The portal is flanked under a segmented arch by two full columns and backed pilasters with capitals of Ionic order . The two side surfaces are broken through by small windows, above them shells are inserted as a decorative element. The upper floor contains a niche with the statue of the eponym above a round window, it was created by Ambrogio Parisi . The niche breaks through the triangular gable , the surface is framed by pilasters with capitals according to the Tuscan order . Above the triangular gable, the facade is crowned by baluster vases set up on both sides and a pedestal with a cross.
Interior
Seen from the ground plan, the small building is an irregular Greek cross . The church has a barrel vaulted nave and transept, and side chapels have been added to the side of the nave. The crossing , like the choir, is spanned by a groin vault. The walls are structured and decorated by presented pilasters with composite capitals, only in the area of the altars of the transepts or in the arch of the choir do they follow the Ionic order again.
The right side chapel contains a Gothic triptych from the 14th century, the left side chapel on the altar contains the painting of St. Sabas from the second half of the 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Brughi .
The church is richly decorated with frescoes, in the right and left aisles and in the associated chapel by Luigi Garzi , in the area of the crossing and the left side of the choir by Monacelli.
In the choir there is the tomb of the Florentine Zanobi Massotti, who died in 1688, with his bust. His foundations had contributed significantly to the rebuilding of the church in 1680.
The high altar contains the painting St. Barbara and St. Thomas Aquinas present Mary to members of the booksellers guild from the 17th century, it is ascribed to Garzi.
A small oratory from the 19th century adjoins the church.
Cardinal priest
- Giovanni Andrea Mercuri (1551–1553)
- Pietro Donato Cesi (1570)
- Gaspare Zuniga de Avellaneda (1570/71)
literature
- Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome . 1st volume, Brothers Hollinek publishing house, Vienna 1967.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki, Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 433.
- ↑ Buchowiecki, Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 434.
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki, Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 435.
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 41.4 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 25.5" E