The Oratory of Gesù Pellegrino, also called the Oratorio dei Pretoni, is a
Roman Catholic
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prayer hall or small church found on the corner of Via San Gallo and via degli Arazzieri in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
, region of
Tuscany
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Facade
History
Formerly the church of San Salvatore, it belonged to the confraternity of that name, until in 1313 the bishop Antonio d’Orso instituted a
hospice for pilgrim priests. The church was later dedicated to St James, and under the sainted Archbishop
Antoninus, the confraternity set up a hospice for elderly priests.
In 1585 to 1588, commissioned by Alessandro de' Medici, restructuring was directed by
Giovanni Antonio Dosio
Giovanni Antonio Dosio (1533–1611) was an Italian architect and sculptor.
Biography
Dosio was born in San Gimignano. A student of Ammanati, with whom he realized the Villa dell'Ambrogiana, Dosio worked primarily in Rome (1548–75) and Flor ...
. In the interior are a
fresco cycle and three
altarpieces with episodes from ''The Life of Christ'' (1590) by the
mannerist
Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Ita ...
painter
Giovanni Balducci
Giovanni Balducci, called Il Cosci after his maternal uncle, (c. 1560 — after 1630) was an Italian mannerist painter.
Biography
Born in Florence, Balducci was trained by Giovanni Battista Naldini. Under the guidance and supervision of Vasari ...
. On the counterfacade is a recently restored organ. In the nave close to the entrance is the tomb of a famous parish priest,
Arlotto Mainardi (1396–1484).
Gallery of Frescoes by Giovanni Balducci
Gesù pellegrino, pala d'altare centrale.JPG, Main altar: Glory of Christ
Gesù pellegrino, Giovanni Balducci, storie cristologiche 02.JPG, Christ and St Thomas
Gesù pellegrino, Giovanni Balducci, storie cristologiche 05 cena in emmaus.JPG, Supper at Emmaus
Gesù pellegrino, Giovanni Balducci, storie cristologiche 06 trasfigurazione.JPG, Transfiguration
Gesù pellegrino, Giovanni Balducci, storie cristologiche 04.1.JPG, Magdalen and Risen Christ
Gesù pellegrino, Giovanni Balducci, storie cristologiche 03.1.JPG
Sources
Churches of Florence entry
External links
Visit the Places of Faith in Tuscany: Search: Oratory of Gesu Pellegrino
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Roman Catholic churches in Florence
16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Renaissance architecture in Florence