San Filippo Neri is a

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-style,

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church located on the intersection of Corso della Republica and via Santa Maria della Porta, in central

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

This church was built by 1611, 2 years after the canonization of San

Filippo Neri Philip Romolo Neri ( ; it, italics=no, Filippo Romolo Neri, ; 22 July 151526 May 1595), known as the "Second Apostle of Rome", after Saint Peter, was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of secular clergy called the Congregation of t ...

. It was enlarged and reconsecrated in 1647. A redesign of the layout, hedged as it was in a narrow lot, was commissioned in 1689 from architect was

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, and completed between 1707 and 1730. The sacristy was complete between 1774 and 1785, but the facade remains unfinished in brick. The oratory was complete by 1718 and by 1742, the convent, now housing the offices of the provincial government. The layout recalls the influence of Borromini and

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, specifically the latter's and Carlo Rainaldi's plan for

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, with an oval main nave surrounded by four shallow chapels with the far end opening to a deeper presbytery. The interior is richly decorated with colored marbles. The first altar on the right houses an altarpiece depicting the ''Birth of the Virgin'' attributed to Girolamo Donnini. The second altar on the right houses an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph and Anthony of Padua'' (1755) by

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. The first altar on the left houses an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and St Cajetan adore the Child Jesus'' (1634) by

Ludovico Trasi Ludovico Trasi (1634–February 20, 1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and active in Ascoli Piceno. Trasi was born to a little known painter, Antonio Trasi, who sent his son to study abroad. Contemporarily with his life ...

. The second altar on the left houses an altarpiece depicting the ''Crucifixion'' (1737) by

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. Mancini also painted the main altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with St Phillip in Glory''. The main altar (1764-1770) was completed in polychrome marble by Giovanni Bonessi.Marche Beni Culturali
entry on church.

References

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