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The church building was one of four synagogues in Trani converted to churches in 1380, when the 310 Jews remaining in the city forcibly converted to Christianity. The four confiscated synagogues were renamed Santa Maria in Scolanova (now the [[Scolanova Synagogue]],) San Leonardo Abate, San Pietro Martire. San Pietro was later demolished.<ref name=Sacerdoti_186-89>Sacerdoti, pp. 186-89</ref><ref name="Cassuto">''The Italian Synagogue through the Ages'', Noemi Cassuto, in "Synagogue Without Jews and the Communities That Used and Built Them", Rivka and Ben Zion Dorfmann, Jewish Publication Society, 2000, p 301.</ref> San Leonardo has undergone such extensive renovation that little of the synagogue building survives.<ref> In Trani when they studied Talmud; Isiah ben Mali, one of the great Talmudic scholars of all time was born in Trani, Oreste Spagnuolo, Italy Magazine [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtTourism.jhtml?itemNo=346107&contrassID=9&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0]</ref> |
The church building was one of four synagogues in Trani converted to churches in 1380, when the 310 Jews remaining in the city were forcibly converted to Christianity. The four confiscated synagogues were renamed Santa Maria in Scolanova (now the [[Scolanova Synagogue]],) San Leonardo Abate, San Pietro Martire. San Pietro was later demolished.<ref name=Sacerdoti_186-89>Sacerdoti, pp. 186-89</ref><ref name="Cassuto">''The Italian Synagogue through the Ages'', Noemi Cassuto, in "Synagogue Without Jews and the Communities That Used and Built Them", Rivka and Ben Zion Dorfmann, Jewish Publication Society, 2000, p 301.</ref> San Leonardo has undergone such extensive renovation that little of the synagogue building survives.<ref> In Trani when they studied Talmud; Isiah ben Mali, one of the great Talmudic scholars of all time was born in Trani, Oreste Spagnuolo, Italy Magazine [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtTourism.jhtml?itemNo=346107&contrassID=9&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0]</ref> |
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Originally known as the ''Scolagrande Synagogue,'' the building was renamed Santi Quirico e Giovita after it was confiscated for use as a church, and later renamed Sant'Anna. <ref name="JP0806">{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525935999&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull||title=Jewish again in Trani|last=Zivotofsky|first=Ari Z. Zivotofsky|coauthors=Ari Greenspan|date=2006-08-24|publisher=''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref> |
Originally known as the ''Scolagrande Synagogue,'' the building was renamed Santi Quirico e Giovita after it was confiscated for use as a church, and later renamed Sant'Anna. <ref name="JP0806">{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525935999&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull||title=Jewish again in Trani|last=Zivotofsky|first=Ari Z. Zivotofsky|coauthors=Ari Greenspan|date=2006-08-24|publisher=''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:38, 16 September 2009
St. Anne's Church (Italian: Chiesa di Sant’Anna) located in Trani, Italy, was built as the Scolagrande Synagogue during the medieval period.[1]
History
The church building was one of four synagogues in Trani converted to churches in 1380, when the 310 Jews remaining in the city were forcibly converted to Christianity. The four confiscated synagogues were renamed Santa Maria in Scolanova (now the Scolanova Synagogue,) San Leonardo Abate, San Pietro Martire. San Pietro was later demolished.[2][3] San Leonardo has undergone such extensive renovation that little of the synagogue building survives.[4]
Originally known as the Scolagrande Synagogue, the building was renamed Santi Quirico e Giovita after it was confiscated for use as a church, and later renamed Sant'Anna. [5]
A medieval plaque on the northern wall describes an early renovation of the synagogue: "In the year 5007 after the creation, this sanctuary was built by a group of friends of the congregation, with a high decorated dome, a window providing light and new doors for the closure; the floor relaid and seats installed for the choir. May their piety be remembered before He Who dwells in the splendid heavens." The date translates to 1247 CE.[2]
Architecture
The Scolagrande synagogue was an almost square, Byzantine-style domed, masonry building, 38 by 40 feet, formed by four huge arched walls supporting a 26-foot high dome. The arch of the western wall opens into a semi-circular niche supporting an arched dome thought to have once contained the bimah. This would have been an early edition of the plan later widely adopted by Sephardic synagogues in which the bimah is on the western wall and the Ark on the eastern wall separated by the length of the room.[6]
The church was restored in 1841, in 1880 and 1978. It features paintings of scenes from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament.)[7]
References
- ^ Trani Website [1]
- ^ a b Sacerdoti, pp. 186-89
- ^ The Italian Synagogue through the Ages, Noemi Cassuto, in "Synagogue Without Jews and the Communities That Used and Built Them", Rivka and Ben Zion Dorfmann, Jewish Publication Society, 2000, p 301.
- ^ In Trani when they studied Talmud; Isiah ben Mali, one of the great Talmudic scholars of all time was born in Trani, Oreste Spagnuolo, Italy Magazine [2]
- ^ Zivotofsky, Ari Z. Zivotofsky (2006-08-24). "Jewish again in Trani". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ The Italian Synagogue through the Ages, Noemi Cassuto, in "Synagogue Without Jews and the Communities that Used and Built Them", Rivka and Ben Zion Dorfmann, Jewish Publication Society, 2000, contains a reconstructed floor-plan, p 301.
- ^ Wikipedia Italian [3]
Sources
- Annie, Sacerdoti (2004). The Guide to Jewish Italy. Rizzoli. ISBN 0847826538.
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