Santa Brigida (Rome)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Patronage : |
St. Brigitta |
| Consecration day : | |
| Address: |
Piazza Farnese 00186 Roma |
.jpg)
Santa Brigida is a church in Rome . The current building was built in the early 15th century; the church was the national church of Sweden and is today the monastery church of the so-called Swedish branch of the Order of the Savior .
location
The church is located in the VII. Roman Rione Regola with the facade directly on the northwest side of the Piazza Farnese .
History and building history
Originally there was a hospice for Swedish pilgrims at this point in Rome . After the canonization of the eponymous patron saint, Saint Birgitta of Sweden in October 1391, Pope Boniface IX. Working on a church building. The church did not last long, the current church building is a new building from the beginning of the 15th century. In 1513 the church was renovated for the first time, a second time under Pope Clement XI. at the beginning of the 18th century. After a temporary orphan as a result of the Reformation and a subsequent transfer to Olaus Magnus in 1534, it belonged to various religious orders and communities over the centuries. It was last renovated in 1894. It has been the seat of the Birgittinnen in Rome since 1931, also as a result of the work of St. Elisabeth Hesselblad .
Exterior
The facade is single-axis and single-storey. The portal is vaulted by a segmented gable . Below, in the architrave, there is an inscription that recalls the renovation of the church in 1513: “ Domus Ste. birgitte vastenen de regno Swede instaurata ano dmi. 1513 ihs. “Above the portal, a large round window breaks through the wall. The facade is flanked on the sides by three-quarter columns according to composite order, the capitals also have a small eight-pointed star. The columns are backed with stepped pilasters . The facade is covered above the architrave with the dedication to the patroness, just like the architrave itself, cranked triangular gable . A balustrade with round hatches was erected above the gable, with statues to the left and right of it. The left shows Saint Catherine of Sweden , the daughter of the patroness, the right the church patroness herself. In the middle of the balustrade below the cross, the heraldic symbols of the Chigi are depicted on a pedestal with a small volute in front .
The design of the neo-Romanesque campanile, built in 1894 diagonally to the left behind the facade, is attributed to the architect Raffaele Ingami , who at that time carried out extensive consolidation work in the church and the convent.
Interior and outfit
The church is a single-nave building with a central side chapel on each of the long walls. The walls are structured by pilasters of the Tuscan order . The nave is covered by a barrel vault . The choir is vaulted by a flat dome that does not contain a drum or lantern.
On the occasion of the restoration at the beginning of the 18th century, the church was furnished with paintings by the baroque painter Biagio Puccini (1673–1721), a teacher of Andrea Locatelli . 1702–05 he made canvas paintings with episodes from the lives of the titular saints, a. a. Christ hands the saints the Lord's Supper and Mary crowns St. Brigitta in the choir. The longhouse barrel receives a large fresco by Puccini around 1709–11 , the central motif of which is the Glory of St. Brigitta , clearly based on the relief of the Glory of St. Catherine of Siena by Melchiorre Cafà from the 1660s. In the spandrels he frescoes the four evangelists , almost like pendentifs .
The side chapel on the left, looking towards the high altar, contains a diptych on the altar , depicting St. Catherine of Sweden and again the church patron herself. The work is a work by Eugenio Cisterna from 1894.
The chapel on the right is also from 1894, it is the work of Raffaele Ingami. The altarpiece contains a painting by Virginio Monti depicting the Mother of Sorrows .
The underlay of the triumphal arch contains the coat of arms of Pope Pius XI.
The choir is rectangular, so the dome, which is transversely oval, is painted with stars on a blue background. The painting was created on the occasion of the renovation in 1894. The high altar also comes from this period.
In the church there is still the tomb with the sarcophagus of the Swedish Count Nikolaus von Bielke , who died in 1765.
literature
- Walther Buchowiecki : Handbook of the Churches of Rome . 1st volume, Brothers Hollinek publishing house, Vienna 1967.
- Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Roma 1891.
- Christian Hülsen : Le Chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo . Firenze 1927 ( online ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Position unclear in Buchowiecki: Handbuch der Kirchen Roms , p. 486.
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 486.
- ↑ Raffaella Catini, Ingami, Raffaele , in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 62 (2004)
- ^ Chiara Coronato: Un capolavoro del Settecento: i dipinti di Biagio Puccini nella chiesa parrocchiale a Casoli in Val di Lima. ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 2.81 MB), 2005
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 487.
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 42.9 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 14.9" E