Santissimo Salvatore is a
Baroque
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-style
Roman Catholic
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church in central
Bologna
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Italy
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History
A 12th-century church at the site once hosted the
Canons Regular
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monks of Santa Maria di Reno. The church was constructed in its present form in 1605-1623 under the direction of the
Barnabite
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priest Giovanni Ambrogio Mazenta, assisted by the architect Tommaso Martelli. It contains eight chapels, four on each side. The only feature from the prior structure to remain was the 16th-century bell tower. The facade has three copper statues by Orazio Provaglia, along with four evangelist statues attributed to Giovanni Tedeschi. The church is presently closed to the public and only open to prearranged tours.
This first chapel, hosts a canvas of the ''Beatified Archangel Canetoli refuses the role of archbishop of Florence from
Giuliano de’ Medici'' by
Ercole Graziani the Younger. The flanking statues of ''Saints Augustine and Jerome'' are sculpted by Tedeschi.
The next chapel has four sculptures by Tedeschi and Clemente Molli. An altarpiece depicts the ''Resurrection'' by
Giovanni Andrea Donducci
Giovanni Andrea Donducci (1575–1655), also known as Mastelletta, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (painting). His father was a maker of vats (''mastelli''). Born in Bologna, he trained in the Carracci ''Academy degli In ...
(il Mastellata) .
The third chapel has an altarpiece of the ''Madonna della Vittoria'' or ''Madonna del Monte'' (14th century) attributed to
Lippo di Dalmasio
Filippo Scannabecchi (1352 – c. 1410), known as Lippo di Dalmasio, was an Italian painter from Bologna, a son of Dalmasio Scannabecchi.
Biography
His father was Dalmasio Scannabecchi (sometimes referred to as ''pseudo-Dalmasio''), a Bologne ...
or perhaps
Simone de’Crocifissi while the vault frescoes are by the 19th century painters
Alessandro Guardassoni
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and
Luigi del Samoggia, crowned by the Pope via a formal decree in 1875.
The fourth chapel has a large canvas depicting ''The Miracle of the Beirut Crucifix'' (1579) by
Jacopo Coppi
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Biography
He was ...
also known as Jacopo del Meglio. There is also a ''Virgin at the Temple of
St Thomas Becket
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of Canterbury'' (mid-1500s) by
Girolamo da Treviso
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Born in Treviso, to a ...
. Becket had studied in Bologna. One of the masterpieces of art in the church is the polyptcyh by
Vitale da Bologna
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from 1353. It shows the ''Virgin being crowned in between two saints''.
The first chapel on the left has a canvas of ''St John the Baptists and Saints'' (1532) by
il Garofalo
Benvenuto Tisi (or Il Garofalo) (1481September 6, 1559) was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara. Garofalo's career began attached to the court of the Duke d'Este. His early works have been described as "idyllic ...
. The next chapel has an ''Ascension'' (1600s) by
Carlo Bononi
Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter.
From an 1876 book:
'' Giulio Cromer, Carlo Bononi a pupil of Bastaruolo, and Alfonso Rivarola or Chenda, were the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara.'' Page 175
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Born and act ...
restored by Camillo Tarozzi. Just before the third chapel is this skilfully carved walnut pulpit from 1926 by Carlo Bordoni and Ferdinando Rossi.
The third chapel has a canvas depicting the ''Crucifixion and Saints'' (1539) by
Innocenzo da Imola
Innocenzo (di Pietro) Francucci (c. 1490 – c. 1550), generally known as Innocenzo da Imola, was an Italian painter and draftsman.
Biography
The son of a goldsmith named Pietro, he was born in Imola sometime around 1490. After presumab ...
, flanked by sculptures by Andrea Guerra and Giovanni Tedeschi. The last chapel on the transept presents
Alessandro Tiarini
Alessandro Tiarini (20 March 1577 – 8 February 1668) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Biography
Alessandro Tiarini was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt. Early on his fa ...
’s Nativity scene which sources indicate may have been destined for the main altar.
Right in the center of the nave is a marble tablet marking the tomb of the painter
Guercino
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...
, buried here in 1666.
The altar is the work of Camillo Ambrosi. Above and behind are four paintings of prophets while the main altarpiece depicts ''Jesus the Savior in Glory'', the painting was a collaboration between
Giovanni Francesco Gessi and
Guido Reni
Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious ...
. There are also four paintings depict the ''Story of The Crucifix of Beirut'', again another collaboration work between
Giacomo Cavedone
Giacomo Cavedone (also called ''Giacomo Cavedoni'') (1577–1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Life
He belonged to the generation of Carracci-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastel ...
and
Francesco Brizzi
Francesco Brizio (1574–1623) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School, active in the early- Baroque.
It appears Cesare Malvasia confused him with ''il Nosadella'' or Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, who lived and was active only ...
.
The Story of the Crucifix of Beirut is a tale recounted in
Jacobus de Voragine's ''Golden Legend'', tells of events of year 320 in the
Roman
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city of Berytus (
Beirut
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). A stolen crucifix begins to bleed and causes the local population (Jews) who had been persecuting Christians, to convert.
Sources
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