Sant'Isaia is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

church located at the intersection of via Sant'Isaia and via De' Marchi in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Marcello Fini, ''Bologna sacra: tutte le chiese in due millenni di storia'', Bologna, Edizioni Pendragon, 2007, The church is dedicated to the prophet

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...

History

Legend states that it originated in the 1st century, but the first documentary record of it dates to 1088, at which time it was outside the city walls. It became the centre of its district and by 1223 was a gathering-place for musters of soldiers. For a time at the end of the 14th century it housed Dominican nuns after the destruction of their monastery outside the walls - they later built and moved to the nearby San Mattia complex. The church was rebuilt between 1624 and 1633 to designs by Pietro Fiorini, including a side portico and a new internal layout. His son Sebastiano took over the works in 1629 on his father's death. Luigi Marchesini (1796-1882) radically altered the church, adding two side aisles to the nave, a cupola and a large chapel as well as rebuilding the facade in Neoclassical fashion as a side portico. It reopened for worship on 5 July 1837. Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1970) - BEIC 6332791.jpg, View from the street, 1970. Bologna Sant'Isaia 050.jpg, Detail

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