Chiesa di San Rocco (Parma) - facciata (2) 2017-04-06

The Church of Saint Roch ( it, Chiesa di San Rocco) is a late- Baroque style,

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church dedicated to

Saint Roch Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked a ...

located in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

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History

Originally an oratory founded in 1528 during a

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epidemic. The site was ceded to the

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, who rebuilt the church in 1754 by designs by

Alfonso Torreggiani Alfonso Torreggiani (1682–1764) was an Italian architect of the Rococo period, principally associated with Bologna. Life Torregiani was born in Budrio. An apprentice of Giuseppe Antonio Torri, he became intensely active in the city of Bol ...

. During this reconstruction, they destroyed a prominent fresco depicting ''The Flagellation'' (1608) by

Federico Zuccaro Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari (c. 1540/1541August 6, 1609), was an Italian Mannerist painter and architect, active both in Italy and abroad. Biography Zuccaro was born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino (Marche). His docum ...

. The bell tower was added in 1747 by the architect Antonio Bettoli. The first chapel had a canvas by Giovanni Gaibazzi. The second chapel had a ''St Francis Xavier baptizes infidels'' by Pietro Rotari; he also painted the altarpiece of ''St Ursula and martyrs''. The main altarpiece was by

Francesco Scaramuzza Francesco Scaramuzza (14 July 1803 – 20 October 1886) was an Italian painter and poet of the Romantic period in Northern Italy. He painted mythologic and historic canvases, but is best known for his interpretations of literary subjects includin ...

. To the left was a canvas of the ''Circumcision of Jesus'' by

Giacinto Brandi Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an Italian painter from the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples. left, 250px, ''Christ in Gesthemane'', Pinacoteca Vaticana left, 250px, Dome of the church of San Carlo al Corso ...

and the funeral monument of Countess Giacinta Sanvitali di Poli attributed to Alberto Oliva. In the second chapel on the left was a ''St Ignatius'' by

Lionello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biography He fi ...

and an ''Institution of the Eucharist'' by Calloni. The first chapel on the left was a ''St Louis Gonzaga'' and a ''St Filomena'' by Giovanni Battista Borghesi.Nuova Guida.

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