Santi Siro e Materno
The Basilica of Santi Siro e Materno is a church in Desio in Lombardy . The parish church of the Archdiocese of Milan is dedicated to Saints Syrus and Maternus and has the title of a minor basilica .
history
The church in the center of Desio originally dates from the middle of the 7th century. It is said to have been built by the Archbishop of Milan, St. John I Bonus, to convert the Longobards of this region to Catholicism. The bell tower is a massive square structure that was erected in Gothic forms and is attributed to the master Comacini in the 11th century, but after a fire in the middle of the 15th century, essential parts could only have been built afterwards.
At the end of the 16th century, under Archbishop Karl Borromeo , an extended reconstruction was sought, but construction did not begin until 1652 with the demolition of the old church. The work was carried out by builders Pietro Pozzi and Carlo Giuseppe Merlo based on plans by Camillo Ciniselli. The church was built in the next hundred years, until 1744 was carried out by Milan's Archbishop Giuseppe Pozzobonelli the consecration .
In the 19th century, the church was expanded by building the transept with the erection of the dome for the growing population, the interior was lavishly furnished. In 1857 the later Pope Pius XI. baptized in the church. After the work was completed, the basilica was consecrated again on August 24, 1895 by Cardinal Andrea Carlo Ferrari . In 1936 Pope Pius XII raised the church to the rank of minor basilica. The church was restored at the beginning of the 21st century, and in 2020 the outer dome had to be renovated.
description
The narrow classical facade is designed in an Ionic order with pilasters on two floors. It has three portals, the largest of which is equipped with a tympanum on two columns. Above that there is a window on the second floor, the facade closes with a triangular gable.
The single-nave church has a cruciform floor plan with side chapels extending from the nave and which is covered with a barrel vault . The crossing dome, covered with slate scales, has a round drum and a lantern . The fresco on the dome shows the church patrons Syrus and Maternus. The style of the interior design from the 19th century is a mixture of classical and baroque elements. The baroque main altar was built in 1744 by Nava and Antignani. The church also preserves as an altarpiece the Madonna with Child and Saints painted by Stefano De Fedeli in 1480 , the altarpiece from the 13th century Oratory of Saint Peter , tapestries from the 16th century and the relics of St. Syrus up.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Basilica di Ss. Siro e Materno on gcatholic.org
- ^ Cupola della Basilica: il punto. July 27, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ Basilica of Saints Siro and Materno on milanofotografo.it
Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′ 1.8 ″ N , 9 ° 12 ′ 30.5 ″ E