- Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a religious complex in central
Florence ,Italy , including a church and a former convent in Borgo Pinti.The "Pazzi" name was added after a Carmelite nun from the Pazzi family, who patronized the church, was canonized in 1669. The original convent had been dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen "delle Convertite", the patron of once-fallen, now "converted" women. The cistercian order from Badia a Settimo took control of the site in 1332, and moved here in 1442, whiel the convent was transeferred to San Donato in Polverosa. However the church and chapter house were rebuilt between 1481-1500, with initial designs in 1492 by
Giuliano da Sangallo . The 13th-century interiors were redecorated in the 17th and early 18th centuries, which removed prior altarpieces by masters such asBotticelli , Perugino,Lorenzo di Credi ,Ghirlandaio , andRaffaellino del Garbo . They were replaced by new ones, by minor masters such asCarlo Portelli ,Alfonso Boschi ,Domenico Puligo ,Santi di Tito , andFrancesco Curradi . In the chapter house is a fresco divided into three lunettes of the "Crucifixion and Saints" (1493-96) byPietro Perugino , commissioned by Dionisio and Giovanna Pucci.The first chapel to the right of the entrance is the "Cappella del Giglio" (Chapel of St. Mary of the Lily) frescoed with depictions of "Saints Filippo Neri, Bernard, Nereo, and Achilleo" by the studio of
Bernardino Poccetti with an altarpiece byDomenico Passignano . The fourth chapel on the right has a stained glass window by Isabella, the daughter ofGeorges Henri Rouault . The choir chapel originally contained a fresco byDomenico Ghirlandaio , but was rebuilt in 1685-1701 byCiro Ferri andPier Francesco Silvani . Ferri painted the altarpiece andLuca Giordano the flanking pieces. The statues of "Penitence" and "Faith" on the right were sculpted byInnocenzo Spinazzi , while "Innocence" and "Religion" on the left byGiovanni Monatauti . The bronze reliefs on the altar were made byMassimiliano Soldani-Benzi .The interior also contains works by Giovanni and
Cosimo Bizzelli ,Jacopo Chiavistelli ,Ottavio Vannini ,Cosimo Rosselli ,Cosimo Gamberucci ,Leonardo del Tasso ,Giuseppe Servolini , andGiuseppe Piattoli among others.ee also
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The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard References
* [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/florence/A33295.html| Frommers entry]
*cite book | first= Eve|last= Borsook| year=1991| title= "The Companion Guide to Florence"| publisher= Harper Collins| editor= Vincent Cronin (general editor)| id=ISBN000215139-1 | url= | authorlink= |pages= pages 248
* [http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/crocefissione_del_perugino.html| Museums in Florence.]
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