English: Church of Santa Maria di Monserrato, Rome.
Deutsch: Rom, die Kirche Santa Maria di Monserrato.
Photo: 28 January 2015.
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Author: Dguendel
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The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, in Rome, known as the Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards (Italian: Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Spanish: Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, Latin: S. Mariæ Hispanorum in Monte Serrato) is a Roman Catholic Titulus Church and National Church in Rome of Spain, dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.
It was established as a Titular Church in 2003. In May 2025, the Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Mariae Hispanorum in Monte Serrato is José Cobo Cano.[1]
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli was erected in 1450 on the site of an earlier Church. By 1506, it was the location of two hospices for Spanish Pilgrims and the National Church of the Crown of Castile in Rome.[2]
Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli was Founded in 1506, when the Brotherhood of the Virgin of Montserrat in Catalonia built a hospice for Spanish Pilgrims.[3] It served as the National Church and hospital for the Aragonese community in Rome.
When Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli was completed in the 17th-Century, the focus of the community shifted to that Church.
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli was in poor repair, and many of the furnishings and artworks were transferred to Santa Maria in Monserrato, which is now the Spanish National Church. San Giacomo degli Spagnoli was later de-Consecrated and the building sold to the Missionaries of The Sacred Heart.[4]
Dry, very interesting, this beautiful, architecturally balanced and artistically harmonious church, near the Tiber and the Palazzo Farnese on the Via di Montserrato (Via di Monserrato, 115, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). .
ReplyDeleteYet another historic Catholic gem of Rome, made known thanks to Zephyrinus, Catholic travel guide extraordinaire. -Comment by Dante P.
A most generous Comment from our Mediæval Architectural and Pilgrimage Correspondent, Dante P, for which we are most grateful.
DeleteThe beauty of this lovely Church is such that Zepyrinus is contemplating incorporating its design and decoration into the Chapel at Zephyrinus Mansion, dedicated, of course, to Saint Zephyrinus.
Edit: “Dry” was supposed to “”Very”. Aaargh, -Note by Dante P
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dante P.
DeleteZephyrinus spent nearly an hour trying to work that one out !!!
The dastardly demons of the computer age never cease to play havoc with one's creations !!!