Santa Chiara (Rome)
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| Patronage : | St. Clare |
| Consecration day : | ? 1565 |
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Piazza di Santa Chiara, Via di Santa Chiara, 42 00186 Roma |
Santa Chiara is a church in Rome . The current church was built in the 19th century using components from the 16th century. It was the monastery church of the Poor Clares and is now the church of the French Pontifical Seminary .
location
The church is in the IX. Roman Rione Pigna about 100 meters south of the Pantheon in a small square named after her. There is a risk of confusion with Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara , a modern titular church on the Piazza dei Giuochi Delfici on the left side of the Tiber outside the city center.
History and building history
The church is a foundation of Cardinal Charles Borromeo ; the builder was Francesco da Volterra . At the request of Borromeo, the church was originally consecrated to two popes, once Pius IV and St. Pius I. The church was given to the Poor Clares in 1628, who had founded a monastery here. Another well-known master builder, Carlo Maderno , built the facade in the following years. He received this commission from Cardinal Scipione Borghese . A religious brotherhood in honor of Gregory Thaumaturgos came into possession of both the monastery and the church in 1814. Due to the neglect of the buildings and the church, the vault collapsed in 1855. The French seminar, which is still located here today, then took over the property and took care of the reconstruction. The facade was partially rebuilt in 1888, it is the work of Luca Carimi , who also worked for Santa Maria in Aquiro .
facade
The facade is two-story and three-axis in the basement. The portal is flanked by two pilasters of the Corinthian order , the travées of the outer axes are framed by these, and on the right-hand side designed as a corner pilaster. The tympanum contains a representation of the church patroness. The outer surfaces contain empty niches under a triangular gable and a round window. Seven arched windows are let into the upper floor. Above this there are relief representations . Due to the function of the church, it is mainly French saints, portrayed are Bernhard von Clairvaux , Dionysius von Paris , Hilarius von Poitiers , Karl Borromäus, Martin von Tours , Franz von Sales and Vincent von Paul . The triangular gable crowning the facade contains a representation of Notre-Dame-des-Victoirs in the middle. It is flanked by depictions of Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann and a priest Des Genettes , he worked at Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Paris .
Interior
The church has a single nave with two side chapels to the left and right of the nave. The walls are structured by pilasters of the Tuscan order , the room is covered by a barrel vault . The windows are slightly arched and integrated into the vault with stitch caps . The transept does not extend over the width of the nave, the church has a flat dome over the crossing , it contains a depiction of the Assumption of Mary from the 19th century.
The first chapel on the right, looking from the entrance to the choir, is covered by a hanging dome . The altarpiece contains a depiction of Mary appearing to St. Bernard from the 19th century.
The first chapel on the left is covered by a flat dome, it contains a portrait of Louis the Saint on the altarpiece, a work from the 19th century, as do the murals.
The second chapel on the left contains murals from the 19th century under the hanging dome and a representation of the Holy Family from the same period on the altarpiece .
Two works of art date from the time before the renovation. On the altar sheet of the altar of the front wall of the left transept is a representation of the church patroness from the 17th century. Next to this altar on the right is depicted Christ appears to St. Clare , also a work of the 17th century.
literature
- Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome . 1st volume. Hollinek Brothers Publishing House, Vienna 1967.
- Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Roma 1891.
- Christian Hülsen : Le Chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo . Firenze 1927.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 537.
- ↑ Buchowiecki: Handbuch der Kirchen Roms , p. 537, place unclear because no total collapse.
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 538.
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 50.4 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 35.5" E