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Santa Maria Portae Paradisi
Religion
AffiliationChristian Catholic
DistrictCampo Marzio
ProvinceDiocese of Rome
RiteRoman rite
StatusActive
Location
LocationRome, Italy
Architecture
Architect(s)Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
StyleRenaissance
Groundbreaking16th century

Santa Maria Portae Paradisi is a catholic church in Rome, in the Rione Campo Marzio, along via di Ripetta.

History

The church, already known in the 9th century with the name Santa Maria in Augusta, received the title in Porta Paradisi, or simply Portae Paradisi (Latin: "of the Gates of Heaven"), because it stood near one of the doors of the walls that surrounded the nearby Mausoleum of Augustus, also called paradiseiois. Another explanation is that nearby there was the cemetery (closed in 1836 for health reasons, due to a cholera outbreak) of the Hospital of San Giacomo in Augusta, also called degli Incurabili (Italian: of the incurable). The church was used for funeral ceremonies as it was close to the ancient hospital cemetery.[1]

In the 16th century the church was rebuilt by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and on that occasion took the current name.[1] Its facade, giving on via di Ripetta, is preceded by a little porch and incorporates a marble relief depicting a Madonna and Child, attributed to Andrea Sansovino. The interior has an octagonal plan and preserves works of art of the 17th century by Pietro Paolo Ubaldini, Cosimo Fancelli, Paolo Naldini. The pipe organ opus 447 , made in 1962 by organ builder Tamburini, with 18 registers on two manuals and pedal, is located above the counter-façade.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chiesa di Santa Maria Portae Paradisi", Religiana

Bibliography

Plaque at the entrance of the church (the inscription reads: "Alms for the poor wounded of the incurable")
  • Mariano Armellini, Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX, Rome 1891, p. 326
  • F. Titi, Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma, Rome 1763, p. 394
  • Paola Raffaella David, Interventi di conservazione nella chiesa di Santa Maria in Porta Paradisi a Roma, in Bollettino d'Arte, 112 (2000), pp. 101–115
  • Claudio Rendina (2000). Le Chiese di Roma. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 256. ISBN 978-88-541-1833-1.
  • M.Quercioli (2000). Rione IV. Campo Marzio. I rioni e i quartieri di Roma. Vol. 1. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. pp. 264–334.
  • Anna Lio (2000). L'ospedale di San Giacomo e la chiesa di Santa Maria Porta Paradisi. Rome: Palombi.
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