Church Of San Paolo Alla Regola
The church of San Paolo alla Regola is a church in Rome located in Rione Regola on the eponymous square. The name comes from the word meaning Arenula sand, because the bank of the Tiber near shore that was swampy. The deformation of the word then became Reul to finish regola History The mention of a Christian website here dates from the earliest centuries of Christianity, with the memory of St. Paul in memory of which was an oratory. Pope St. Sylvester in the fourth century, built a church near the oratory. In 1619 the fathers of the Franciscan Third Order made the acquisition of this church from Augustine , the monastery buildings with annexes. In 1687 the church was renovated by Giovanni Battista Borgonzoni, and it is in 1721 she took her final appearance with the work of Giacomo Ciolli then Giuseppe Sardi. It is an example of late Roman Baroque architecture. The church is shaped like a Greek cross. The altar, located in the apse is decorated with three great works of Luigi Garzi representing the center the conversion of St. Paul, left his preaching in Rome and his martyrdom right. Under these paintings are stalls walnut eighteenth century. The altar is made of marble of different colors. The two side doors are also framed in marble decorations yellow and green. Dans la premire chapelle gauche se trouve une uvre de Giacinto Calandrucci reprsentant saint Antoine de Padoue portant l'Enfant Jsus dans ses bras. In the second, a painting by the same author where holy figure Anne on which the Virgin Mary behind Jesus. In the last chapel on the left is Virginia delle Grazie, the work of the fourteenth century representing the Virgin suckling the child. She stood at the entrance to the old church when it was fully restored in the seventeenth century, and was moved to the chapel. Above the vestry door, is placed a piece of the Roman artist Biagio Puccini: Lady who entrusted her child to St. Clare of Assisi. The walls of the sacristy are covered with walnut, and the roof was painted by Ignaz Ster. The first chapel on the right is dedicated to St. Rosalie , on the board above the altar are St. Clare, St. Rose of Viterbo and St. Rosalie. The second contains a chapel Michele Rocca Parma representing St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata. In the third chapel is a large bronze crucifix of the seventeenth century the sculptor Alessandro Bolognese Algardi. Under the canvas of Puccini is the door that leads to the oratory of St. Paul built on the ruins of the house occupied by the saint when he was a prisoner in Rome. There he welcomed all who came to see him and taught them the gospel. He lived there from 61 to 63, supervised by a Roman soldier. There he wrote the letter to the Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians and Philippians. Description
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