San Filippo is a
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
-style,
Roman Catholic church and monastery located on Via Guglielmo Oberdan in the city of
Matelica,
province of Macerata, region of
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
, Italy.
History
The present church was built between 1655 and 1660 for the
Oratorians under the patronage of the aristocrat Ottaviano Grassetti. The church was consecrated in 1737, along with a refurbishment of the adjacent convent and oratory.
The brick façade has a central façade with a terracotta statue of
San Filippo Neri. Upon the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy, the convent became a school of artisans, and later the Regia Scuola Tecnica Industriale, no longer active.
The nave is oval in layout with four lateral chapels. Among the works in the interiors, the second chapel has an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna of the Scapular'' by
Giacinto Brandi, another 18th-century altarpiece with a ''Presentation at the Temple'' by an unknown artists. The first chapel on the left has a ''Miracle of San Filippo occurring to Cardinal Orsini'' (1725) by
Pier Leone Ghezzi
Pier Leone Ghezzi (28 June 1674 – 6 March 1755) was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome.
Biography
Ghezzi was born and died in Rome. He trained under his father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, who also trained Antonio Amorosi. ...
, and a ''Visit of San Filippo to Pope St Pius V''. The organ in the façade is highly decorated.
Marche Beni Culturali
on Philippine churches, entry on Matelica church.
References
Roman Catholic churches in Matelica
Baroque architecture in Marche
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1660
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