Santa Marta al Collegio Romano

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Santa Marta al Collegio Romano
Santa Marta al Collegio Romano
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41°53′51″N12°28′48″E / 41.897611°N 12.479917°E / 41.897611; 12.479917
Location Rome
Country Italy
History
Consecrated 1696
Architecture
Functional statuscultural center
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1543

Santa Marta al Collegio Romano is a deconsecrated church located in the Piazza del Collegio Romano in the Rione Pigna of Rome, Italy.

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A House of Saint Martha was founded in 1543 by St Ignatius of Loyola to rehabilitate women considered of poor morals, because they were adulterous or married women shamelessly living in public sin without fear of God or men [1] Saint Martha is considered the patron saint of married women. The church became a monastery, and by 1560 was under the Augustinian order. The church was consecrated in 1696, with a reconstruction by Carlo Fontana. Deconsecrated by Napoleonic invasions, it presently functions as a cultural center.

The interior art has been mostly transferred. Some of the stucco and architectural decoration remains. The ceiling is frescoed by Baciccio.

Bibliography

  1. malmaritate, or le donne coniugate in peccato pubblico senza timor d'Iddio et senza vergogna delli uomini” che volevano riabilitarsi.

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