Santa Maria dei Vergini is a church in central

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, Italy, in the

Rione of the Sanità A (; plural: ) is a neighbourhood in several Italian cities. A is a territorial subdivision. The larger administrative subdivisions in Rome are the , with the being used only in the historic centre. The word derives from the Latin , the 14 su ...

History

In 1326, a church and an adjacent hospital and monastery, titled ''Santa Maria del Borgo de' Vergini'', were erected by residents of the Rione of Porta San Gennaro. Assigned to Padri Crucifero, the Cardinal Innico Caracciolo ceded the property to the

Congregation of the Mission , logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = CM , nickname = Vincentians, Paules, Lazarites, Lazarists, Lazarians , established = , founder = Vincent de Paul , fou ...

(Padri della Missione), after it became a parish church. In 1788, the church was rebuilt in its elliptical interior on designs by Luigi Vanvitelli. Before the war, the main altarpiece by

Francesco la Mura Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. Life Francesco de Mura, also referred to as ''Fran ...

depicted a ''Glory of St Vincent de Paul''. Among the chapels, was a canvas depicting a ''Holy Family, St. Jeanne de Chantal with St Vincent de Paul'' (1758) by

Severino Galante Saverino or Severino Galante (ca. 1750–1827) was an Italian painter, active in Abruzzo and Naples. He was born in Civitella Casanova, Abruzzo. Severino painted both genre and landscape, as well as sacred subjects. He worked in Loreto for nearly ...

. The church also had works by

Giovanni Sarnelli Giovanni Sarnelli (23 June 1714 in Naples – 1793 in Naples) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque style. He was one of at least four brothers: including Antonio (died 1800), Gennaro, and Giuseppe, trained in the studio of Paolo de Matt ...

. All were destroyed in a bombing in 1943. The marble sculpture of the ''Immaculate Conception'' (1858) on the facade was made by Francesco Liberti and Giuseppe Pirotti.Comune of Naples
short description of church.

References

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