Sant'Ippolito, Palermo

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Sant'Ippolito
Chiesa di Sant'Ippolito Martire (in Italian)
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Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Province Archdiocese of Palermo
Rite Roman Rite
Location
Location Palermo, Italy
Geographic coordinates 38°07′06″N13°21′16″E / 38.11832°N 13.35434°E / 38.11832; 13.35434 Coordinates: 38°07′06″N13°21′16″E / 38.11832°N 13.35434°E / 38.11832; 13.35434
Architecture
Style Sicilian Baroque
Groundbreaking1717
Completed1728

Sant'Ippolito Martire (Italian is a Baroque, Roman Catholic parish church in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located on a busy street with markets, on via Porta Carini in the Capo quarter, across the street from the church of the Immacolata Concezione al Capo.

A parish church at the site is first mentioned in 1308. In 1583, during the Spanish rule of Sicily, the church was expanded; but the present church is a product of a refurbishment started in 1717 using designs by Andrea Palma. His grandson, Nicolò Palma, helped restore the church in 1769 and a further refurbishment was performed in 1844 under Giovanni Patricolo, who directed some of the fresco decoration.

The entrance portal has bas-reliefs of Saints Peter, Hippolytus, and Paul. The Latin Cross layout has three naves with lateral chapels. The nave ceiling has a fresco depicting Jesus in Lake Tiberius, retouched in the 1950s.

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