Church Of The Visitation, Turin
The Church of the Visitation ( it, Chiesa della Visitazione) is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church, attached to a monastery, located on Via XX Settembre #23 in central Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. Background By 1638, with the blessing of the Matilde of Savoy, the order of the nuns of the Visitation, founded by Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot de Chantal, were able to found a monastery at the site. Under Matilde's patronage, they were able to commission the church from the architect Francesco Lanfranchi. The chamfered corner location gives the tall Baroque-style domed church a scenographic quality. As typical of Piedmontese Baroque architecture, the dome is close to the entrance. The layout is that of a Greek cross, with an opening from the presbytery to a large chapel-like area, now the sanctuary of the Passion, where the nuns could attend services apart from the community. This area now holds the remains of the blessed Marco Antonio Durando. The interior was decorated wit ...
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ...
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