Sant Onofrio al Gianicolo is a titular church in the monastery complex of Sant Onofrio in Rome .
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| Sant Onofrio al Gianicolo | |
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| Sant 'Onofrio al Gianicolo | |
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| A country |  Italy |
| City | Rome, Yanicul |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
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The first church was built by the hermits of St. Jerome in honor of the Egyptian hermit Onufriy (IV century) in 1439. Frescoes in the altar apse are noteworthy: “Mary with the baby”, “Nursery”, “ Flight into Egypt ”, Baldassare Peruzzi painted at the bottom of the apse in the top - Pinturicchio .
In the first chapel of the southern Gothic nave is the work of Antoniazzo Romano “The Annunciation”, in the second fresco by Giovanni Batista Ricci (1605), the image of the Madonna of Loreto Annibale Caracci . In the last chapel from the exit is the marble tombstone of Torquato Tasso (1857) by Giuseppe Fabbris. In the Tasso Museum in the monastery, the poet’s manuscripts, ancient editions of his books, a death mask are preserved.
Titular Church
The Church of Sant Onofrio al Gianicolo is a titular church , the cardinal priest with the title of the church of Sant Onofrio al Gianicolo from May 10, 2006 to December 9, 2015 , was the Italian Cardinal Carlo Furno . Now vacant.
Literature
- Heinz-Joachim Fischer: Rom. Zweieinhalb Jahrtausende Geschichte, Kunst und Kultur der Ewigen Stadt. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5607-2 .