Sant'Angela Merici is a

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style,

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church located on Via Francesco Crispi, in central

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

It was once known as the church of ''Sant'Afra'', and thus was often confused with the distinct '' Sant'Afra in Sant'Eufemia'', which now known by just Sant'Afra. The present church of Sant'Angela Merici was also known as the church of ''San Faustino ad Sanguinem''. The site known as the cemetery of ''San Latino'' and was venerated for centuries as the location for the burials of many Christian martyrs. The church is the burial site of ''Saint

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'', founder of the Order of Ursulines. In the 1500s, a church was built at the site. After near complete destruction by bombardments during the Second World War, the structure was reconstructed, “as it was and where it was”. The paintings from the interior had been stored in safety during the war, and thus the church contains works by Pietro Maria Bagnadore,

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, Pietro Marone,

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, and a polyptych by

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. It contains a ‘’Baptism of Saint Afra’’ by

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and a ''Transfiguration'' by

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. The crypt contains paleochristian burial sites.

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