Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario

Church of Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario
Church of Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario
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	40°35′23″N14°14′45″E / 40.589842°N 14.245781°E
Location	Naples ; Province of Naples, Campania
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Style	Baroque architecture
Groundbreaking	1560
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

Last updated May 31, 2024

Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario (known also as the church of Montecalvario) is a church located on largo Montecalvario in Naples, Italy.

The church was founded in 1560,^[1] endowed by the Neapolitan aristocrat Ilaria D'Apuzzo, who donated the church to the Franciscan order. By the 1580s, the church is attached to the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception. In the 17th century, the church was enlarged and provided with a monumental entrance stairwell and portico with five arches. In 1677, the church underwent Baroque interior decoration^[2] by Gennaro Schiavo. In 1808, the church was closed, and turned into barracks. The portico became a marketplace designed by Stefano Gasse. The original baroque staircase was replaced by a nondescript stairway. A decade later, the Franciscans returned to the convent and restored the church. A school has been built at the site of the former college. In 1980, a predella with a procession of the blood of San Gennaro was restored and is now kept beneath the marble main altar.

The interior

The main altar and holy water fonts are from the studio of Fanzago. In the first chapel on the left is a 16th-century canvas depicting the Madonna of the Rosary with the Universal Judgement by Michele Cuira. The other chapels include paintings such as a Deposition by the school of Giovanni Bernardo Lama; a triptych with the Annunciation and Saint Andrew and Veronica by the school of Andrea Sabbatini. A depiction of the Virgin Mary with Pius V and Philip II can be seen at Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario.^[3] Other works in the church are by Leonardo Castellani, by Giacomo da Cosenza, and followers of Beinaschi.

Bibliography

Antonio Terraciano, Andrea Russo, Le chiese di Napoli. Censimento e brevi recensioni delle 448 chiese storiche della città di Napoli, Lorenzo Giunta, Editor, 1999.
AA.VV. Napoli: Montecalvario questione aperta, Clean edition, Naples, Italy.

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References

↑ "Miscellaneous Churches 2". Naples LDM. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "What to see in the Quartieri Spagnoli". Visit Naples. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ Querejazu, Lucía. "The Virgin of the Rose and the battle of Lepanto in Gallipoli". Columbia University. SIIA. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

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[1] "Miscellaneous Churches 2". Naples LDM. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[2] "What to see in the Quartieri Spagnoli". Visit Naples. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[3] Querejazu, Lucía. "The Virgin of the Rose and the battle of Lepanto in Gallipoli". Columbia University. SIIA. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

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