Santo Spirito is a

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History

The church was founded in the 1300s by Cardinal Guglielmo Longo, along with an adjacent hospital and a convent of the

Celestine order The Celestines were a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites (or Murronites), and did not assume the appellation of C ...

of Benedictines. In 1475, it was allocated to the

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. In the early 1500s it was refurbished; in the 1530 to 1535, the nave was rebuilt with five chapels on each side. Pietro Isabello participated in the 16th-century reconstruction; in 1720, the next refurbishment was led by Giovanni Battista Caniana.

Interior decoration

Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bergamo, 1980) - BEIC 6353885

In the first chapel on the right are two canvases: ''Deposition'' by

Giulio Carpioni Giulio Carpioni (1613 – 29 January 1678) was an Italian painter and etcher of the early Baroque era. Life Born probably in Venice, Carpioni studied under Alessandro Varotari (''il Padovanino'') and was also influenced by the work of Simone Ca ...

and a ''Miracle of St Antony of Padua'' by Domenico Viani. In the second chapel on the right was built in 1512 using designs by Pietro Isabello, and originally had the altarpiece of

Andrea Previtali Andrea Previtali (c. 1480 –1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi. Biography Previtali was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Bellini. In Bergamo, he painte ...

, now found in the first chapel on the left. Monumento funebre Agostino e Caterina Tasso

In the fourth chapel is a prominent

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school (art), Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He pain ...

painting of the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Augustine, Sebastian, and Antony Abbott'' (1521). It is flanked by two canvases: ''Daniel in the Lion's Den'' and ''St Francis receives Stigma'' by

Gian Paolo Cavagna Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550 – May 20, 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo and Brescia. Biography He was born in Borgo di San Leonardo in Bergamo. He is said to have trained in Venice with ...

. On the main altar of the presbytery are sculptures that once formed part of the funeral monument of Agostino and Caterina Tasso. The wooden choir, only 17 of the original 50 stalls, was carved in the 16th century. In the first chapel on the left is the funeral monument of Agostino and Caterina Tasso and a painting of the ''Madonna and Child, with Ss. Peter and Paul and Angel'' by Scipione Piazza. There is also a canvas depicting ''St John Baptist and other Saints'' by Andrea Previtali. In the second chapel on the left is a polyptych depicting the ''Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Madonna and Apostles'' (1507) by

Ambrogio Bergognone Ambrogio Borgognone (variously known as ''Ambrogio da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano'' or as ''il Bergognone'' or ''Ambrogio Egogni''

. In the third chapel on the left is a 14th-century altarpiece depicting ''Madonna del Buon Consiglio and Child''. In the fourth chapel on the left are paintings depicting the ''Passion of Christ'' attributed to

Pietro Rotari Pietro Antonio Rotari (30 September 1707 – 31 August 1762) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona, he led a peripatetic career, and died in Saint Petersburg, where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court. His portr ...

.Comune of Bergamo
church entry.

References

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