San Rocco, Parma
The Church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch located in Parma, Italy.
History[]
Originally an oratory founded in 1528 during a plague epidemic. The site was ceded to the Jesuits, who rebuilt the church in 1754 by designs by .[1] During this reconstruction, they destroyed a prominent fresco depicting The Flagellation (1608) by Federico Zuccaro.[2][3] The bell tower was added in 1747 by the architect .[4]
The first chapel had a canvas by Giovanni Gaibazzi. The second chapel had a St Francis Xavier baptizes infidels by Pietro Rotari; he also painted the altarpiece of St Ursula and martyrs. The main altarpiece was by Francesco Scaramuzza. To the left was a canvas of the Circumcision of Jesus by Giacinto Brandi and the funeral monument of Countess Giacinta Sanvitali di Poli attributed to . In the second chapel on the left was a St Ignatius by Lionello Spada and an Institution of the Eucharist by Calloni. The first chapel on the left was a St Louis Gonzaga and a St Filomena by Giovanni Battista Borghesi.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Tourism Office of Province of Parma Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Nuova Guida di Parma. Terza edizione, by Carlo Malaspina, Tipografia Pietro Grazioli, Parma (1869), page 102-103.
- ^ Note:Guida erroneously calls him Francesco Zuccaro.
- ^ Parma Tourism site.
- ^ Nuova Guida.
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Coordinates: 44°55′56″N 9°59′59″E / 44.9322°N 9.9996°E
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