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Santa Maria Delle Grazie (Massa Martana)
Santa Maria delle Grazie (''St. Mary of Graces'') may refer to: * Our Lady of Graces, a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church Churches in Italy * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Alcamo * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Arezzo * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Brescia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Este * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Foce di Amelia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Loro Piceno * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Montefiascone * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pesaro * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pistoia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Riccia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Severino Marche * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Scandriglia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Senigallia * Santa Maria delle Grazie, Varallo * Santa Maria delle Grazie a Capodimonte, Naples * Santa Maria delle Grazie a Mondragone, Naples * Santa Maria delle Grazie a Toledo, Naples * Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale, Rome * Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Graces
Our Lady of Graces (Italian: ''Madonna delle Grazie'' or ''Nostra Signora delle Grazie'') or Saint Mary of Graces (Italian: ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'') is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Several churches with this dedication often owe their foundation to thankfulness for graces received from the Virgin Mary, and are particularly numerous in Italy, India, Australia, United States, Portugal, France and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Also it is related to the Marian apparitions in which was revealed the Miraculous Medal, also known as the ''Medal of Our Lady of Graces''. Patronage Our Lady of Graces is the patron saint of the diocese of Faenza. According to a legend, in 1412, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a local woman. Mary was holding broken arrows symbolizing protection against God's wrath and promised an end to the plagues. Faenza Cathedral has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, while residents often place ceramic titles with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Scandriglia
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Roman Catholic church and Franciscan convent located in the frazione of Ponticelli within the town limits of Scandriglia, province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy. It is presently still a Franciscan monastery, with support of the ''Fondo Edifici di Culto'' of the Interior Ministry. History and description The convent was completed in 1478 under the patronage of Raimondo Orsini, Duke of Gravina and Count of Neroli, in gratitude for the recuperation of his ill son by interventions of the franciscan blessed Amadeo Menezes de Sylva. Located in Ponticelli Sabino, the place was also chosen due to the presence of a venerated 15th-century icon of the Madonna and child (Santa Maria delle Grazie), derived from the nearby Castello di Neroli. For a convent under Amedeo, Orsini obtained recognition by Pope Sixtus IV in 1478. In 1568, the "Amedeite" friars were suppressed, and the convent incorporated friars from the main order in Rome. The conven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie Maggiore A Caponapoli
Santa Maria delle Grazie Maggiore a Caponapoli or Santa Maria delle Grazie Maggiore is a church located in the historic center of Naples, Italy. History Work on the church and adjacent monastery began in 1447, inspired by the beatified Pietro da Pisa. The church was completed in 1473, but from 1516 to 1535 it underwent reconstruction, including the portal by Giovanni Francesco di Palma. Further reconstruction occurred in the 18th century. During the second half of the 18th century, it was a secret meeting place for members of Free Masonry, supposedly sponsored by the monk Serafino Pinzone (who was accused of revolutionary Jacobin leanings in 1794). In 1809, the church was suppressed, and in 1933 joined to the Hospital of Incurables (Ospedale degli Incurabili) under the original order of the monastery. But by the 1970s, the church was in poor state of conservation. The interior is laid out as a Latin cross with chapels, and houses paintings by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Girolamo D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie Di Montevergine
Santa Maria delle Grazie di Montevergine (Holy Mary of the Graces) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque deconsecrated church in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located on piazetta Montervergini. The church now functions as a theater: Teatro Nuovo Montevergini. The present edifice was constructed in 1698 to replace a smaller church from the 15th century. It was property of the adjacent former cloistered female Clarissan convent; the site of that former monastery is now the Institute "Filippo Parlatore" designed in the 19th century by Lorenzo Ciprì. The facade of the church was designed by A. Palma (1644-1730). The facade has two statues depicting Saints Clare and Rosalia. In the tympanum above the portal is the heraldic symbols of the Franciscan order, with two crossed arms before a Christian cross. The bell-tower was designed by G.Mariani (1681-1731), but completed by the engineer Del Frago. The single nave was frescoed by Guglielmo Borremans with a depiction of the ''Glory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie Alle Fornaci Fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish and titular church located at Piazza di Santa Maria alle Fornaci, south of Vatican City and north of the San Pietro train station in the Aurelio quarter. It was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II on 25 May 1985, and assigned it to Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The church became vacant on 2 June 2014 after the death of Cardinal Lourdusamy. On November 11, 2016 it was announced that Mario Zenari will succeed him. History It was originally built in the 14th century, and served a small suburban parish which became important as a site for preparing materials for the building of the new St Peter’s. The name ''Fornaci'' refers to kilns used for making bricks for the work. Since another church by the same name was located in Borgo the reference to ''Fornaci'' was necessary to distinguish them. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie A Via Trionfale
The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale is a church in Rome, in the Trionfale district, in Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie. History The church was built by the architect and engineer in the early forties; it is home parish, erected August 13, 1941 by the decree of the Cardinal Vicar Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani "Beatissimae Virginis gratiarum", and he inherited the title of Santa Maria delle Grazie outside Porta Angelica, demolished in 1939 for the restructuring of Via di Porta Angelica. List of Cardinal Priests * Silvano Piovanelli 25 May 1985 - 9 July 2016 * Joseph William Tobin Joseph William Tobin, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdi ... 19 November 2016 – present References External links Santa Maria delle Grazie Titular churches Rome Q. XIV Trionfale Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie A Toledo
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Toledo, near its intersection with Via Diaz Armando, in central Naples, Italy. facade History The church was built in 1628 by the Theatine Order, and initially dedicated to the Virgin of Loreto. In 1721 there was a partial reconstruction. In 1806, the Theatines were suppressed and it acquired secular use. In 1835, the church was attached to the ''Confraternita dei sette dolori'' (Confraternity of seven pains), whose original home was the Basilica church of San Francesco di Paola. The reconstruction of the church in the time of Ferdinand II of Two Sicilies was designed by Carlo Parascaldo. The main altar (1759) was completed by Giuseppe Sanmartino based on designs by Michelangelo Porzio. Beside the altar are two statues by Tito Angelini, representing ''Faith'' and ''Hope''. Adding to the Neoclassic decor are paintings of ''San Gennaro'' by Tommaso de Vivo, ''San Gaetano'' by Camillo Guerra Camillo Guerra (Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie A Mondragone
Santa Maria delle Grazie a Mondragone is a small now-deconsecrated Roman Catholic church building on Piazzeta Mondragone in central Naples, Italy. History In 1653, a church and an adjacent retirement home for noble widows, were commissioned here by Princess Elena Aldobrandini (1580-1663), wife of Duke of Mondragone. The buildings were damaged during the earthquake of 1688 and 1732, and various reconstructions followed, using plans by Arcangelo Guglielmelli (1648-1723), who received his commission in 1715. Guglielmelli is known for his centralized design of the church of Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne near Piazza Cavour in central Naples. The work was completed, including interior decoration by Giovanni Battista Nauclerio (1666-1739) after Guglielmelli's death. The church is now part of the Fondazione Mondragone, that operates a textile and fashion museum and a school. Interior The stucco work was performed by Giuseppe Scarola. The silverware for the altars were completed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie A Capodimonte
Santa Maria delle Grazie a Capodimonte is a church located in via Bosco in Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. The church was founded as a local parish church in 1575 under the patronage of the Marquis Innocenzo Mazza. It was named ''Madonna delle Grazie'' due to a local shrine (aedicule) dedicated to that iconic image. It is now close to the Reggia di Capodimonte The Royal Palace of Capodimonte ( it, Reggia di Capodimonte) is a large palazzo in Naples, Italy. It was formerly the summer residence and Jagdschloss, hunting lodge of the House of Bourbon, Bourbon kings of the Two Sicilies, one of the two royal .... The church was reconstructed in the 20th century. The interior has a single nave with keel shaped roof with curved stucco decoration. The apse is covered by a semicircular cupola. The nave niches have statuary. In the chapel of Confraternita is a canvas of the ''Annunciation with two fraternity members'' by an unknown 18th-century artist. A plaque at the entry recalls an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Varallo
The Church of Our Lady of the Graces () is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Varallo Sesia, province of Vercelli, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was built, together with the adjacent Franciscan convent, by padre Bernardo Caimi between 1486 and 1493. At this time, the construction of the Sacro Monte was also beginning. In December 1931, Pope Pius XI gave the church the title of Minor Basilica. History The interior is subdivided into spaces for the general public and for the friars, separated by a partition wall (), supported by three round arches. The central arch opens to a hall reserved for friars, while the two lateral arches lead to two chapels. The fresco cycle scheme of the wall is traditionally attributed to Bernardino of Siena, and painted in 1531 by Gaudenzio Ferrari. Similar decorative structures, with a partition wall entirely decorated with frescoes of the life of Jesus, were typical of the religious and artistic culture of the Friars Minor in Piedmont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Senigallia
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a 17th-century Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and convent located just outside the city of Senigallia, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was commissioned in 1494 by the local lord Giovanni Della Rovere, as a votive offering after the birth of his son on March 25, 1490, and placed in hands of the Franciscan order. The birth of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, future Duke of Urbino, on the day of the Annunciation which is recorded in a small bas-relief in the entrance to the cloister. The design is attributed to the Florentine architect Baccio Pontelli. Some attribute part of the design to Girolamo Genga. Work continued until the 17th century under the patronage of the last Della Rovere Duke of Urbino. The cloister has frescoed lunettes depicting scenes from the ''Life of St Francis'' (1598) attributed to Petrus Franciscus Renulfus. The apse has an altarpiece depicting an ''Enthroned Virgin and Saints'' by Pietro Perugino. The church once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Delle Grazie, San Severino Marche
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Roman Catholic church located on Via San Pacifico Divini in San Severino Marche, region of Marche, Italy. History Originally this was a 12th-century. Augustinian church and convent, named ''Santa Maria sub Monte Aria''. In the fifteenth century, the property was transferred to the Franciscan order of Friars Minor Observant, who changed the name to ''Santa Maria delle Grazie''. The church was rebuilt several times, the Count Severino Servanzi Collio patronized a restoration and creation of the sanctuary following the 19th-century canonization of the 7th-century figure, the blessed Pacifico. The sanctuary and tomb is located in the chapel to the right of the entrance. A new Neoclassic facade was designed in 1842 by Ireneo Aleandri with a steeple designed by Venancio Bigioli. Embedded into the facade as a decorative element is one of the original Romanesque-Gothic carved portals with plant and animal sculptural decorations. Among the works in the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
