San Barnaba, Mantua
| Church of San Barnaba | |
|---|---|
-1.jpg) Facade | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Location | |
| Location | Mantua, Italy |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Baroque |
| Completed | 18th century |
San Barnaba is a Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of Via Giovanni Chiassi and Via Carlo Poma in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.
History[edit]
The first church at the site was dedicated to St Barnabas, the first bishop of Milan, and was noted at the site by 1263. The church was provided by Francesco I Gonzaga in 1397 to a convent of nuns of the Servite Order. In 1724, the church was rebuilt with a new façade designed by the architect Antonio Galli Bibiena.[1] The adjacent cloister was destroyed in 1900.
The interior contains the following works:
- Via Crucis by Giuseppe Bazzani
- Salvator Mundi, presbytery fresco by Teodoro Ghisi
- Madonna with Child and St Filippo Benizzi by Bernardino Malpizzi
- Miracle of the Fish and Loaves of Bread (1582-1583) by Lorenzo Costa the younger
- Effigy of St Filippo Benizzi (1730) by Giuseppe Orioli (third altar on left)[2]
- Marriage at Cana (late 16th century) by Alessandro Maganza[3]
- Madonna and Child by Girolamo Bonsignori
- Beata Elisabetta of Mantua (15th-century fresco) by Bartolomea Picenardi
Bibliography[edit]
Roberto Brunelli, "Arte Fede e Storia-le chiese di Mantova e provincia", Tre lune, Mantova 2004
- ^ "San Barnaba apostolo" (in Italian). Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ Cadioli, Giovanni (1763). Descrizione delle pitture, sculture, ed architetture: che si osservano nella citta de Mantova, e né suoi Contorni, data in luce, a comodo singolarmente de forastieri. Alberto Pazzoni, Regio Ducale Stampatore, Mantova. p. 84.
- ^ Cadioli, page 84
