The Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini (''Most Holy Trinity of Pilgrims'') is a church on via Portamedina in the historic city centre of

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Italy.

History

The church building and the eponymous hospital was founded in the sixteenth century by Fabrizio Pignatelli di Monteleone, a member of the Knight of Jerusalem, and later, the complex, was given to the Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity. The hospital attached therein, the structure was designed by

Carlo Vanvitelli Carlo Vanvitelli (1739–1821) was an Italian architect and engineer, who worked mainly in Naples and its surrounding area. He was the son of architect Luigi Vanvitelli, and two of his brothers were also architects. Together with Pietro, he ...

, and enlarged along with the church in 1769. The church connects on the right nave with the small church of Santa Maria Materdomini.

Description

The facade is characterized by fine stucco statues of

Angelo Viva Angelo Viva (1748 in Naples, Italy - 27 February 1837 in Naples, Italy) was an Italian sculptor. His important works are the statuary '' La fontana del ratto di Europa'', the Statues of the Evangelists in the Chapel Pappacoda, the decorations o ...

, representing ''San Filippo Neri and San Gennaro''. The architecture of the temple is somewhat unusual; the floor plan is formed by two octagons joined by a rectangle, with the first octagon which assumes the function of the nave and the second serving as oratory, while the rectangle is the presbytery. On the high altar there are works in stucco by Viva, with the two sides as many paintings by

Paolo De Matteis Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an List of Italian painters, Italian painter. Biography He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died ...

, both representing ''St. Joseph with Child Jesus'', while other paintings are attributed to the school of

Giuseppe Bonito Giuseppe Bonito (11 January 1707 – 9 May 1789) was a Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period. Giuseppe Bonito is known for genre depictions on canvas. Many of Gaspare Traversi's paintings had previously been attributed to Bonito. Biograph ...

. The choir of the church (1754) was designed by

Giovanni Antonio Medrano Giovanni Antonio de Medrano (Sciacca, 11 December 1703 – Naples, 1760) was a Spanish- Sicilian nobleman from the House of Medrano, Major Royal Governor of Mathematics of the Kingdom of Naples, chief engineer of the kingdom, royal architect, b ...

with a rich decoration, also in stucco. Giovanni was in charge of the restructuring of all the buildings of the Archconfraternity of the Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, including the church, which he conceived according to a Latin cross layout. On the first altar on the left, by

Onofrio Palumbo Onofrio Palumbo (or Palomba; 1606 in Naples – 1650s in Naples) was an Italians, Italian painter of the Baroque art, Baroque period, who was a pupil of Battistello Caracciolo and then of Artemisia Gentileschi in her late years. He painted an a ...

is a ''San Gennaro protecting Naples from lightning''. In the church there is also a bust of the adviser Ferrante Magdalene, first counselor of the king, who is buried there.

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