Chiesa di Sant Angelo, Lugano

Chiesa di Sant Angelo
Lugano, Italy

"The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is a late Romanesque religious building located in Lugano Centro.

Interior

(Front of Sanctuary)

"The church was built from 17 February 1499 ^[1] . It arose on the initiative of the citizens of the village, in thanksgiving for two important events. In the first place, the church wanted to celebrate the renewed harmony among the citizens after the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, sworn in 1496 in memory of the one stipulated among the Lugano factions in 1445 on the impulse of Fra 'Silvestro da Siena, a disciple of San Bernardino da Siena . Secondly, it was intended to thank the Observant Franciscans for their work of charity during the plague of 1498 ^[2] .  

Interior

(Rear of Sanctuary)

"On the partition is the grandiose " Passion and Crucifixion " by Bernardino Luini(the most famous Renaissance fresco of Switzerland , dated 1529 ). The current high altar is a beautiful eighteenth-century wooden work , from the convent of Santa Croce in Como and donated to the Angioli church in 1839 ." (Link.)

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Photos: Taken in March 2018 with an Iphone by Richard Wilson while traveling to Italy from his home in Basel Switzerland where he lives and works.Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_(Lugano)

                                                                           Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

 Chiesa de Sant' Angelo

Chiesa de  Sant Angelo Roman Catholic Church
Lugano,Milan

"The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli , better known as the church of Sant'Angelo , is a church in the historic center of Milan , a clear example of the Baroque style in the Lombard capital .

"The complex of Santa Maria degli Angeli, consisting of the church of Sant'Angelo and the adjoining convent which is on its right, is today the Milanese seat of the Order of Friars Minor observant of San Francesco , since its foundation on 21 February 1552 ^[1] .

Interior

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"There are nineteen noble chapels, eight on each side on the main nave, and three on the transept.... . The radiant sun appears in the decoration with the IHS monogram , symbol of Christ diffused by the Franciscan San Bernardino da Siena ....

"The interior of the church has a Latin cross , with a wide single nave along which there are two rows of side chapels.

Interior

Prestinari, San Michele Arcangelo defeats the devil (Link 1.)

"The facade of the church of Sant'Angelo is a salient one . It is subdivided into its bands superimposed by a high cornice supported, in the lower part, by columns with Tuscan capitals ; interspersed with the aforementioned columns, there are three portals , with the central one bigger than the two side ones. The upper fascia of the façade, instead, is decorated by a cornice that recalls a serliana ideally supported by six pilasters with Ionic capitals . Above the central window, within a niche , there is the statue of the Immaculate . At the top of the façade there is a triangular pediment with a wrought iron cross. Statues by Gerolamo Prestinari , sculptor active in the Sacred Mountain of Varese complete the decoration . In particular, we can see:

• at the first order, within niches, four statues of Franciscan saints ; among others, St. Anthony of Padua and St. Francis of Assisi
• above the main portal, high relief with St. Michael the Archangel defeats the devil
• on the balustrade, four statues of saints
• in the gables of the windows, couple of Monks
• crowning, Angels

"The church courtyard is decorated with a bronze statue of St. Francis of Assisi talking to birds , a work by Giannino Castiglioni in 1927 ." (Link 1.)

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Photos: Taken in March 2018 with Iphone by Richard Wilson while traveling to Italy from his home in                      Basel Switzerland where he lives and works.

Link 11: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Sant%27Angelo_(Milano)

                                                                     Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)