Santa Caterina d'Alessandria ( Saint Catherine of Alexandria) is a
Roman Catholic church located in the borgo Santa Caterina of the city of
Parma, Italy
Santa Caterina façade
History
The church, with the adjacent
Augustinian Monastery is first mentioned in documents from 1313. The cult of St Catherine was boosted in 1332, when her intercession was credited with the victory of
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV ( cs, Karel IV.; german: Karl IV.; la, Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378''Karl IV''. In: (1960): ''Geschichte in Gestalten'' (''History in figures''), vol. 2: ''F–K''. 38, Frankfurt 1963, p. 294), also known as Charle ...
over the attacking armies of the
Scaligeri and
Gonzaga
Gonzaga may refer to:
Places
* Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy
* Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
*Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil
*Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily
People with the surna ...
. In 1575, the monastery was passed on the
capuchin monks, and so stayed till the 1810 suppression by Napoleon. In the late 1800s, the properties were re-acquired by the monks, but they have again ceded them to the bishop.
The interior has a ''St Francis receiving stigmata'' attributed to
Guercino, a ''Deposition'' by
Biagio Martini, a ''Martyrdom of San Fedele da Sigmaringen'' by
Clemente Ruta, a ''San Felice da Cantalice'' by
Fra Semplice da Verona.
Comune of Parma
entry on church.
References
{{Coord, 44, 47, 57.39, N, 10, 19, 17.82, E, type:landmark, display=title
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