San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani
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San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani is a church in Rome. It is one of the two national churches of Armenia. The church was built for the Discalced Augustinians in 1599, and originally dedicated to the 13th century Augustinian monk, St. Nicholas of Tolentino (also called San Niccolò or Nicolò da Tolentino).
It should not be confused with the well-known Venetian church of San Nicolò da Tolentino or the Basilica de San Nicola in the town of Tolentino in the province of Macerata. Finally there is a decorated baroque Oratorio di San Nicola da Tolentino (Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza.
[edit] History
The interior was rebuilt 1614–1620 by Carlo Buti and Martino Longhi, supported by patronage by the Pamphilj family. The Milanese architect Francesco Buzio was also involved in the redesign. Starting in 1654, it was rebuilt by Giovanni Maria Baratta, with help from the sculptor Alessandro Algardi. In 1833, The church was given to the Pontifical Armenian College by pope Leo XIII. The Armenian Catholic Church is in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
[edit] Interior
The sculpture of the Madonna with Child offering the Miraculous Bread to St Nicholas, St Augustine and St Monica, over the main altar was completed by Domenico Guidi and Ercole Ferrata. The high altar itself is by Algardi.
The first chapel on the right has a depiction of A Miracle of St Nicholas of Bari by Filippo Laurenzi, made in 1710. In the third chapel on the on the right side is the sepulchral monument of Cardinal Federico Lante delle Rovere.
The second chapel on the left was designed in 1668 by Pietro da Cortona, and has a painting of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin to Blessed Anthony Botta by Cosimo Fancelli, and statues of St Joseph by Ercole Ferrata and St John the Baptist by Antonio Raggi.
The second chapel on the left, known as the Cappella Buratti, was designed by Giovan Battista Mola.
The dome is octogonal, with eight windows. It is decorated with four female figures symbolizing the four fundamental virtues of the Augustinian Order: Chastity, Humility, Poverty and Obedience. They were made by Pietro Paolo Ubaldini in 1643. There is also a fresco depicting The Glory of St Nicholas of Tolentino by Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi.
[edit] Sources
- Churches of Rome Wikia
