Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a

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church and a former convent located in Borgo Pinti in central

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History

The ''Pazzi'' name was added after the Carmelite order nun Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, canonized in 1669, whose family patronized the church. The original convent had been dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen ''delle Convertite'', the patron of once-fallen, now converted women. The Cistercian order from Badia a Settimo took control of the site in 1332 and moved to it in 1442, while the convent was transferred to San Donato in Polverosa. However, the church and chapter house were rebuilt between 1481 and 1500, with initial designs in 1492 by

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. The 13th-century interiors were redecorated in the 17th and early 18th centuries, which removed the altarpieces by masters such as Botticelli,

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, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and

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. They were replaced by new ones from minor masters such as Carlo Portelli, Alfonso Boschi,

Domenico Puligo Domenico Puligo (1492–1527) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active in Florence. His real name was ''Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini''. He trained under Ridolfo Ghirlandaio and acted as an assistant to Andrea del Sarto, whom he als ...

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, and Francesco Curradi. In the chapter house is a fresco divided into three lunettes of the ''Crucifixion and Saints'' (1493–96) by

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, commissioned by Dionisio and Giovanna Pucci. The first chapel to the right of the entrance is the ''Cappella del Giglio'' (Chapel of St. Mary of the Lily) frescoed with depictions of Saints Filippo Neri,

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, Nereo, and Achilleo by the studio of Bernardino Poccetti, with an altarpiece by

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. The fourth chapel on the right has a stained glass window by Isabella, the daughter of Georges Henri Rouault. The choir chapel originally contained a fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio but was rebuilt from 1685 to 1701 by Ciro Ferri and

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. Ferri painted the altarpiece and

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the flanking pieces. The statues of Penitence and Faith on the right were sculpted by

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, while Innocence and Religion on the left by Giovanni Monatauti. The bronze reliefs on the altar were made by

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. The interior also contains works by

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and Cosimo Bizzelli, Jacopo Chiavistelli, Ottavio Vannini,

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, Cosimo Gamberucci, Leonardo del Tasso, Giuseppe Servolini, and Giuseppe Piattoli.

Gallery

File:Ciro ferri, Vergine e santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, 1684, 04.JPG, ''Virgin and Saint'' (detail) by Ciro Ferri File:Ciro ferri, Vergine e santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, 1684, 05.JPG, ''Virgin and Saint'' (detail) File:Luca giordano, Gesu e santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, 1685, 02.JPG, ''Jesus and Saint'' by Luca Giordano File:Luca giordano, Vergine presenta il Bambino a santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, 1685, 04.JPG, ''Virgin Presents the Child'' by Luca Giordano File:Giovan Battista Cipriani, Comunione di santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi (1754) 01.JPG, ''Communion'' by Giovanni Battista Cipriani File:Natività della Vergine di Giovanni Stradano, 1583 (2).JPG, ''Nativity of the Virgin'' by

Stradanus Stradanus, Johannes Stradanus, Jan van der Straet or Giovanni StradanoMore name variations: Johannes Stradanus, Giovanni della Strada, Johannes della Strada, Giovanni Stradano, Johannes Stradano, Giovanni Stradanus, Johannes Stradanus, Jan van St ...

File:L'Adorazione dei pastori di Giovanni Stradano, 1583.JPG, ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' by Stradanus

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