page_title: Santissimo Crocifisso, Alcamo
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Santissimo Crocifisso, Alcamo / Works
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Statua di San Francesco di Paola (Alcamo)
context_page_description: Santissimo Crocifisso is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy.
  It is the seat of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Crucifix, which, in 1565, got the privilege of Fiera Franca from the count of Modica.
  Adjoining the church there was the Friary of saint Francis of Paola.
context_section_description: The façade, dated 1695,  has a convex form, a typical characteristic of Rococo Style.
  The church is with one nave and has five altars; in 1750 it was embellished with stuccoes by Nicolò Curti.
  Inside it there the following works:
  On the high altar: the Crucifix, a wooden sculpture made by Francesco Marino from Trapani in the 19th century.
  On the left side:
  The Holy Trinity (by an unknown author), with the two saints Cosma e Damiano, Saint Rosalia and Saint Francis of Sales (1750), first canvas on the right side of the chapel
  Our Lady of Fatima, a recent wooden statue
  Saint Blaise, by an unknown author of the 18th century, coming from the Church of the Annunciation
  The Holy Heart of Jesus (Sacro Cuore di Gesù), a wooden statue, placed in 1921
  On the right side:
  Our Lady of Miracles (Madonna dei Miracoli), with Saint Francis of Paola and Saint Francis of Sales (1750), made by an unknown author
  Saint Francis of Paola, a wooden statue, probable work of Filippo Quattrocchi from Gangi (18th century)
  Saint Anne, a wooden statue (end of the 19th century) which has replaced a ruined painting made in 1618 by Giuseppe Carrera
  The Immaculate, a recent plaster cast statue
  Saint Vitus, a wooden statue made in 1848
  A holy water stoup, carved in 1606 by Giuseppe Foti: at the church entrance.
  On the nave walls there are four old paintings, by an unknown author and with stucco frames, representing some episodes of Saint Francis of Paola's life:
  The miracle happened during the building of the friary at Paterno Calabro (province of Cosenza) in 1454: two workers had died owing to a landslide and were resurrected by the Saint (the first on the right).
  The wonderful miracle of the fish made by saint Francis of Paola (the second painting on the right)
  A nobleman's family presents their baby without eyes and mouth; once again saint Francis makes an extraordinary miracle (first painting on the left wall);
  The conversion of the King of Naples, due to the Saint (second painting on the left).
  The founding of the Hebraic Easter (book of Exodus), on the right wall of the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament;
  The banquet given by Lot to two Angels (book of Genesis), a painting on the left wall in the same chapel;
  In the sacristy:
  The Crucifix made in mistura, by Giovanni Matinati (1550)
  Saint Lucy, a 17th-century statue by an unknown author;
  Saint Expeditus, a recent statue
  Madonna della Pietà, a canvas by an uncertain author of the 18th century
  Saint Catherine of Siena, painted by an uncertain author of the 18th century
  Saint Michael Archangel, an 18th-century statue
  Saint Francis of Paola, an 18th-century bust.
caption: Altar of saint Francis of Paola
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