The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-01
Cardinal M'Uoskey's Church.
DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE MOST Gel
EBRArED CHURCHES IN ROME.


EBRArED CHURCHES IN ROME.
Cardinal McCloskey is highly nom
ored by having given him as MS titu,
lar church one Of the most celebrated
in Rome. 1t is just at the lett OF the
Piazza del Populo, where j. c. Hare
saws the stranger should take his first
lesson in Roman geography, for f1om
the Piazza three important streets
branch off, the CorsO in the center,
leading towards the Capitol, beyond
which lies ancient Rome the Babu>
-ino, on the left, leading to the Plazza
di Spagna and the English quarter,
and the Ripetta, on the right, leading
to the Castle of ST. Angelo and st.
Peters. At the left of the Piazzo del
Popolo Nero was buried A. ID. 68.
Tradition tells that from his tomb grew
n gigantic walnut tree which became
the resort of innumerablc crows, IN
{ me a nest to the 'neighborhood. In
the eleventh century Pope Pascal H.
dreamed that these crows were demons,
and that the Virgin ordered HIM TO cut
down and burn the tree and build
sancturv to her honor on the site. i.
The church was built by means OF
q collection among the common people
and hence its name, "St. Mary OF the
People." 1t was rebuilt by Baclo L III
tell for Sixtus ". in 1880, and very
ricbIv adorned Bernini modernized
it for Alexander VII. 0655-6D, but 1t
still retains some Of the beautiful work
of the fifteenth century, OF which the
principal door of the nave is fine ex-
annie, and the interior is perfect
museum of sculpture and art Inc
first chapel on the Ri ght aisle is adorned
with the exquisite work of Pinturicclllo,
whose Nativity over the altar is one
of the finest frescoes in Rome In the
lunettes are scenes from the lie OF St.
Jerome. Cardinals Chrlstoioro delia
Revere and Di Castro are buried In
this chapel, with magnificent monu-
ments to both. The second chapel, OF
the Ohio family, is very rich in pillars
Of neroantico and jasper, and the altar
piece is Carlo Marratta's Assumption
of the Virgin" The cupola fresco
represents the Almighty surrounded
bv the heavenly host. The third
chapel also painted by Pinturicchlo,
has the Madonna and four saints for
the altar-piece, above God the Father,
surrounded by angels, and in the lu-
nettes scenes in the life of the Virgin.
Giovanni della Rovere, who died In
1888, is buried here. The fourth
chapel has a fine fifteen-century altar
@. a. hot r
Anthony of Padua and st. Vincent.
Mare Antonia Albertnio, died l4S5,
and Cardinal Costa, of Lisbon, died
1903. are buried here. The tomb oi
the latter exhibits an especially beau
tiful lunette of the Virgin adored by
angels.
In the right transept is the tomb O
Cardinal Podocanthorus, of Cyprus, {
fine specimen of fifteenth-century..w work
A door leads into a cloister containing
the tombs of Archbishop Rocca anC
Bishop Gomiel, and here also is pre-
served the Gothic altar-piece of SiXtu:
". representing the coronation OF th'
Virgin. The ceiling of the choir, by
Pinturicchio, gives in the center th'
Virgin and Saviour surrounded b,
the Evangelists, and in the corners ar
the fathers of the church, Gregory
Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine
Beneath are the tombs of Cardinal
Ascanio Sforza and Girolama Bassc
both tombs beautiful works by Andre
di Sansovius, and erected at the cos
of Julius H., who also gave the wiz
dows, painted by Claude and Guilla
ume de Marseilles, and the best spec
mems of stained glass in the city
The image of the Virgin, which SUI
mounts the high altar, was placed i
this church by Gregory TX, and hay
ing been successfully invoked" b.
Gregory Kill IN the great plague c
1878, has ever since been adored b
the successive Popes on September
in the chapel on the left is an Assuml
ton by Annivale Carraci. In the le
transept is the tomb Of Cardinal Be
nardino Lonati, with fine fifteenth
century relief of ''The Resurrection.
The last chapel but one on the lie
side is of the Chigi family, and in
the famous banker, Agostino CHG
who built the FarucsiLa, is burieC
Raphael planned this chapel ana ore
the design, carried out by Aloisio dell
Pace. of the mosaic on the ceilin,
Lorenzetto sculptured the marble sta
ues of Jonah and Elijah, and those {
Daniel and Habakkuk are by Bernin
The altar-piece, representing the natl
ity of the Virgin, is one of the be;
works of Sebastian del PiombO. ]
the last chapel is the tomb of Cardin
Antonio Pallavincini, who diedin so
The Augustine Convent adjoining I'll
church was the residence of -Marti
Luther while he was in Rome. Tt
church is one of the most interestin
in Rome, and American travellers wi
find an increased attraction in the ia,
that.it is the titular church of the fir
American Cardinal.
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