Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo

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Capilla de la Caridad
Hospital Maciel - Calle Francisco Maciel.jpg
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Hospital chapel
Year consecrated 1807
Location
LocationMontevideo, Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Architecture
Style Neo-Classicism

The Charity Chapel (Spanish : Capilla de la Caridad), better known as Capilla del Hospital Maciel, is a Roman Catholic chapel in Montevideo, Uruguay. [1]

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Overview

Run by the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is part of the Maciel Hospital. [2]

The images venerated are: Our Lady of Mercy (main altar), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Christ, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Eligius (patron saint of the metalworkers, who donated the image). The baptismal fonts are made of giant tridacna valves. [3]

In 1825 the Chapel was visited by Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, the future Pope Pius IX. [3]

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References

  1. "Capilla de la Caridad". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 31 March 2013.(in Spanish)
  2. "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 31 March 2013.(in Spanish)
  3. 1 2 "Research on the Charity Chapel" (PDF). SMU. Retrieved 7 May 2013.(in Spanish)

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