San Barnaba, Mantua

Church in Mantua, Italy

Church of San Barnaba

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

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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.

San Barnaba - Dome

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

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Roberto Brunelli, "Arte Fede e Storia-le chiese di Mantova e provincia", Tre lune, Mantova 2004

1. ^ "San Barnaba apostolo" (in Italian). Retrieved November 14, 2020.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Cadioli, page 84

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