San Francesco da Paola ai Monti is 18th-century

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church in Rome. It is dedicated to St

Francis of Paola Francis of Paola, O.M., (or: Francesco di Paola or Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507) was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of Minims. Unlike the majority of founders of men's religiou ...

, and is located in the Monti rione.

History

It was built in 1645–50 with funds given by Olimpia Aldobrandini Pamphili, who (like St Francis) had roots in

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. It was designed by Giovanni Pietro Morandi, given to the Minim Friars, and became the national church of the Calabrians. The monastery was refurbished under Father Francesco Zavaroni di Montalto, General of the order, and using as an architect Luigi Berettoni. The late

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high altar was made by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi c. 1655 (who is also credited with the church's wooden

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, set into a sculptured entrance of a military pavilion). No new

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was built for the church - instead the 12th century Torre dei Margani was used, preserving its medieval coat-of-arms on the tower has been preserved. However, the church as a whole was not consecrated until 10 July 1728, by

Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII ( la, Benedictus XIII; it, Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May ...

. The lower part of the façade was refinished in plaster in the 18th century, and the whole church was then restored in 1826 by

Pope Leo XII Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...

. The present titular

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of the church, since 21 October 2003, is

Renato Martino Renato Raffaele Martino (born 23 November 1932) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2003. He has been the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, since June 2014. He served for more ...

Chapels

The church contains an icon of Francis said to be a copy of a portrait, along with scenes from the life and miracles of the saint which can be seen in the

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and examples by

Giuseppe Chiari Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (10 March 1654 – 8 September 1727), also known simply as ''Giuseppe Chiari'', was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mostly in Rome. Biography Born in Rome, he was one of the main assistants, alon ...

in the second chapel on the south side. The ceiling of the

was painted by

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, with a motif of "The Blessed Virgin appearing to St Francis of Paola". On the side wall is a Crucifixion and St Francis of Paola by Francesco Cozza. By the door to the presbytery are the tombs of Lazzaro Pallavicini and Giovanni Pizzullo, both with busts by Agostino Corsini. *South side chapels (right as you enter) #1st: Altarpiece of ''

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and the

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'' by Filippo Luzi and ceiling frescoes by

Onofrio Avellino Onofrio Avellino (c. 1674 – 17 April 1741) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Naples, Giulio died in Ferrara or Rome, where he painted for the last twenty years of his life. He initially trained under Luca Giordano ...

. #2nd: Altarpiece of ''St Francis of Assisi'' #3rd: Altarpiece of ''Sts Francis of Paola and Francis of Sales'', patrons of the Order, painted by Antonio Crecolini. Ridolfino, page 40. *North side chapels #1st chapel: Altarpiece by Stefano Pozzo and ceilings frescoed by

#2nd chapel: Altarpiece of ''Immaculate Conception'' by Stefano Pozzo #3rd chapel: painting of St

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by Giacomo Triga and relics of Blessed Nicola of Langobardi in a porphyry urn.

Cardinal-deacons

Alexandre Renard Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard (7 June 1906, Avelin, Nord – 8 October 1983, Paris) was a French people, French Cardinal (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 12 July 1931 in Lille. Li ...

(1967–1976) *

Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (11 December 1898–27 November 1978) was the first Vietnamese Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archdiocese of Hanoi, Archbishop of Hanoi from 1960 until his death, having p ...

(1976–1978) *

Pietro Pavan Pietro Pavan (30 August 1903 - 26 December 1994) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1985 until his death in 1994. He was appointed by John Paul II on 25 May 1985. He helped draft the papal encyclical ''Pacem in terris ...

(1985–1994) *

(2003–present)

Notes

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Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...

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