Santa Maria delle Grazie is a

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church located on Via San Pacifico Divini in

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

Originally this was a 12th-century.

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church and convent, named ''Santa Maria sub Monte Aria''. In the fifteenth century, the property was transferred to the

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of Friars Minor Observant, who changed the name to ''Santa Maria delle Grazie''. The church was rebuilt several times, the Count Severino Servanzi Collio patronized a restoration and creation of the sanctuary following the 19th-century canonization of the 7th-century figure, the blessed Pacifico. The sanctuary and tomb is located in the chapel to the right of the entrance. A new Neoclassic facade was designed in 1842 by

Ireneo Aleandri Ireneo Aleandri (1795–1885) was an Italian architect of the Neoclassic period. He was born in San Severino Marche, but studied at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. In his youth, he completed a number of restorations and buildings in his nati ...

with a steeple designed by Venancio Bigioli. Embedded into the facade as a decorative element is one of the original Romanesque-

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carved portals with plant and animal sculptural decorations. Among the works in the interior, include a main altarpiece canvas by

Bernardino di Mariotto Bernardino Di Mariotto dello Stagno (Perugia, circa 1478 - Perugia, 1566) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Biography He trained first under either Lodovico di Angelo Mattioli of Perugia or Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and later worked ...

depicting the ''Madonna and St John with a genuflecting Mary Magdalen an St Bernardine''.

Sanctuary of San Pacifico

Adjacent to the convent is the sanctuary which retains the highly sculpted Gothic-Romanesque portal. The façade of this church was rebuilt in the 19th century by design of

. The sanctuary contains the relics of San Pacifico Divino.Comune of San Severino
tourism entry.

References

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