San Bernardino in Pignolo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Pignolo #59, in

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, region of Lombardy, Italy.

History

The Franciscan monk

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had travelled to Bergamo in 1411 and founded the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Bergamo. On occasion of his canonization in 1450, this church was commissioned, and it is documented since the 1460s, affiliated with a confraternity of

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, but the structure was not completed till 1561. It was assigned to the order of Dominicans but only till 1571. The church underwent extensive restorations in 1876. It has a posterior bell-tower. The facade has the ''IHS within sun monogram'' of San Bernardino. The church is most noted for the altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony Abbas, Joseph, John the Baptist, and Bernard'' (1521) by Lorenzo Lotto. On the counterfacade were paintings by

Giovanni Paolo Cavagna Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550 – May 20, 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo and Brescia. Biography He was born in Borgo di San Leonardo in Bergamo. He is said to have trained in Venice with ...

. In the first altar on the right is a canvas depicting an ''Enthroned Madonna and Child'' (1523) by

Andrea Previtali Andrea Previtali (c. 1480 –1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi. Biography Previtali was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Bellini. In Bergamo, he painte ...

. In the second altar on the right is a 15th century canvas depicting ''Saints Defendente, Apollonia, and Lawrence. The church also had at a time paintings by Giovanni Battista Moroni (''Sant'Alessandro della Croce''),

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, and

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. ''Bergamo Arte Design'' cites the 2nd chapel on the right having an ''Enthroned Madonna with Saint Onofrius and Antony of Padua'', and the 3rd chapel as once housing (now stolen) ''Madonna with Sts Peter and Paul'' by

Jacopino Scipioni Jacopino Scipioni (c.1470 – 1532) was an Italian painter of the late 15th century active in Bergamo. He was born in Averara, but few details are known of his life. He began painting in the studio of his brother Battista Scipioni. In 1492 ...

. The 3rd chapel on left has 19th-century frescoes depicting ''Life of St Antony of Padua'' by

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da Ponte, and the 2nd chapel on the left, had the GP Cavagna altarpiece.bergamo Arte Design

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernardino Bergamo 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in Bergamo Roman Catholic churches completed in 1561 1561 establishments in the Republic of Venice