San Barnaba is a church in Milan, Italy. It is the first edifice of the Barnabites order.

History

The congregation founded in 1530 by Anthony Mary Zaccaria was given the name "Clerics Regular of St. Paul".Tondini di Quarenghi, Cesario. "Barnabites." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 12 Jan. 2014
/ref> It was approved by Pope Clement VII in the brief ''Vota per quae vos'' in 1533. In 1538 the old monastery of "Preposturale of San Barnaba in Brova" by the Milan city wall was given to the congregation as their main seat, and thenceforth they were known the popular name of ''Barnabites''.Schaff, Philip. "Barnabites", ''The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians, p.488, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1951
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Architecture

Renovations began on the old monastery in 1545, but it soon became clear that the building was too small. Designed by Galeazzo Alessi was commissioned to design its renovation and expansion. It has a nave with

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, finishing in a rectangular presbytery serving as the sanctuary. Construction was completed in 1567, followed by embellishing the interior, which continued into 1568. The first mass was celebrated in 1568 by Archbishop of Milan Charles Borromeo, Cardinal Protector of the Barnabite order, who had himself donated the altar."Chiesa di San Barnaba e Paolo", Turismo Milano
/ref> There is an altar dedicated to Alexander Sauli, a Superior-General of the Barnabite order (1566-1569) and "Apostle of Corsica". The interior includes a notable selection of Milanese Mannerist artworks: the ''Stigmata of St. Francis'' by Giovan Paolo Lomazzo, a ''Pietà'' by

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and, flaking the high altar two large canvasses of ''Histories of St. Paul and Barnaba'',

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's (1572–1573).

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