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| ⚫ | }}'''Santa Maria in Publicolis '''is a Baroque church at Via dei Falegnami 23 on the Piazza Costaguti, south of the Largo di Torre Argentina. Picture of the church at Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Santa_Maria_in_Publicolis_(Rome) [1]] It is occupied by the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, whose Generalate is at this address. |
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==History== |
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The first mention of this church is in a papal bull of 1186, when it was called “de Publico”. The name changed as a result of patronage by the noble family of the Santacroce, who deluded themselves into claiming that they were lineal descendants of the ancient Roman clan of the Publicoli. They restored it in 1465, and completely rebuilt it in the Baroque style to a design by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi in 1643. The church was, in effect, their mausoleum. The congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, founded by St Cajetan Errico (Italian: Gaetano), established themselves next door after their papal approval in 1864, and the church has been their chapel since then. |
The first mention of this church is in a papal bull of 1186, when it was called “de Publico”. The name changed as a result of patronage by the noble family of the Santacroce, who deluded themselves into claiming that they were lineal descendants of the ancient Roman clan of the Publicoli. They restored it in 1465, and completely rebuilt it in the Baroque style to a design by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi in 1643. The church was, in effect, their mausoleum. The congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, founded by St Cajetan Errico (Italian: Gaetano), established themselves next door after their papal approval in 1864, and the church has been their chapel since then. |
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Revision as of 16:42, 28 September 2011
Santa Maria in Publicolis is a Baroque church at Via dei Falegnami 23 on the Piazza Costaguti, south of the Largo di Torre Argentina. Picture of the church at Wikimedia Commons [1] It is occupied by the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, whose Generalate is at this address.
History
The first mention of this church is in a papal bull of 1186, when it was called “de Publico”. The name changed as a result of patronage by the noble family of the Santacroce, who deluded themselves into claiming that they were lineal descendants of the ancient Roman clan of the Publicoli. They restored it in 1465, and completely rebuilt it in the Baroque style to a design by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi in 1643. The church was, in effect, their mausoleum. The congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, founded by St Cajetan Errico (Italian: Gaetano), established themselves next door after their papal approval in 1864, and the church has been their chapel since then. The full dedication of the church is "Our Lady's Birthday".
Exterior
The church has a single nave without aisles. The three-storey frontage is vertically divided by a central half-width which is brought forward from the two quarter-widths on either side. The entrance door is crowned by a broken segmental pediment which is elevated above the lintel to make room for a fresco of Our Lady. On either side are two pillars with Ionic capitals decorated with swags and heads of putti, attached but in the round. The quarter-widths are bounded by pilasters with capitals in the same style, and these flank empty round-headed niches crowned by decorations including winged heads of putti protected by little gables. The pilasters nearer the door are hidden by the columns. Above is an entablature bearing an inscription giving the name and year of construction. The second storey has two pairs of Doric pilasters framing a large window with a broken triangular pediment, again raised above the lintel. This interrupts the thin architrave, above which is the third storey. This has a small window inserted into the top broken segmental pediment, which is supported by two stumpy pilasters with acanthus leaves, framed by incurving volutes topped by a pair of little porthole windows. At the top corners are two pelicans in piety (extracting blood from their breasts to feed their chicks), this being the emblem of the Santacroce family.
Interior
The interior is chiefly notable for the Santacroce tombs, which are rich in polychrome marble decoration.