Santo Stanislao dei Polacchi ('' Saint Stanislaus of the Poles'', ), also known as San Stanislao alle Botteghe Oscure, is a

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church in

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, sited on in the Sant'Angelo rione. It is the

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

in Rome.

History

It is on the site of the medieval church ''San Salvatore in pensilis'' de Sorraca,Referring to a family of that name built on the remains of the

Circus Flaminius The Circus Flaminius was a large, circular area in ancient Rome, located in the southern end of the Campus Martius near the Tiber River. It contained a small race-track used for obscure games, and various other buildings and monuments. It was "bui ...

(and recorded in several documents between 1174 and 1209). An inscription now housed in the entrance of the Palazzo Busiri on via Aurora (all that remains of the medieval church) refers to this church's rebuilding being completed on 28 October 1285 "per venerabilem Hieronymum episcopum Prenestinum". Pope Gregory XIII granted the church to the Polish cardinal Stanislaus Hosius, who completely rebuilt the church in 1580 – it became Poland's national church in Rome, re-dedicated to the country's patron saint, Stanislaus of Kraków. Its present appearance dates to its rebuilding in the 18th century by Ignazio Brocchi, architect to

Stanisław August Poniatowski Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch ...

, king of Poland. Its façade is by Francesco Ferrari and dates to 1735.

Description

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Its interior is a single nave, with a ceiling painting by Ermenegildo Costantini of ''The Glory of Saint Stanislaus''. The high altarpiece by

Antiveduto Gramatica Antiveduto Grammatica (1571 – April 1626) was a proto-Baroque Italian painter, active near Rome. Grammatica was born in either Siena or Rome. According to Giovanni Baglione the artist was given the name Antiveduto ("foreseen") because his f ...

(late 16th century) shows Jesus and saints Stanislaus and

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. The church also contains works by

Taddeo Kuntze Tadeusz Kuntze (also Taddeo Kuntze or Taddeo Polacco) was the pseudonym of the Polish-Silesian painter Tadeusz Konicz (3 October 1733 – 8 May 1793), who was active in Kraków, in Paris, in Spain and in Rome. Life Konicz was born in Grünberg, ...

and other Polish artists of the 18th century.

Bibliography

Mariano Armellini Mariano Armellini (7 February 1852 – 24 February 1896) was an Italian archaeologist and historian. Born in Rome, he was one of the founders of the Pontifical Academy of Martyrs. He is the author of ''Gli antichi cimiteri cristiani di Roma e d'I ...

''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX''
Roma 1891, p. 569 * Christian Hülsen
''Le chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo''
Firenze 1927, pp. 449–450 * Filippo Titi

Roma 1763, p. 183 * Claudio Rendina, ''Le Chiese di Roma'', Newton & Compton Editori, Roma 2000, p. 350 * M. Quercioli, ''Rione XI S. Angelo'', in AA.VV, ''I rioni di Roma'', Newton & Compton Editori, Roma 2000, Vol. II, pp. 726–765

References

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