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Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena
The origins of this church date to the 13th century when Augustinian monks moved from outside of the old city walls to this street of Via Zamboni, formerly called San Donato Road.
In this first chapel on the right is a late 16th century painting by Passerotti illustrating St Catherine of Alessandra.
In the second one here is this beautiful and ancient baptismal font. It’s unusual shape also indicates how historically valuable it is. On the altar above it is an early 19th century painting by Pietro Fancelli showing St Francis of Sales. Within this art work is also a very rare 1400s image of the Madonna delle Febbri attriubuted to Lippo di Dalmasio.
This building was enlarged around the end of the 1600s and completed in the mid 1700s by the celebrated architect Alfonso Torreggiani between 1761-63 on behalf of Prospero Lambertini, who was actually the Bolognese Pope Gregorio XIV.
Angelo Pio was responsible for this sculpture of the Immaculate Conception in the mid 1700s.
The main altar here is beautifully decorated in marble. In the presbytery here is this huge work of art by Francesco Cavazzoni done towards the end of the 16th century.
Next to the church is where the monks would have lived. When they left here this part of the complex was occupied in the 1400s by the lay order of San Giacomo.
Petronio Tadonlini sculptured these 18th century holy figures in the chapel now going down the left aisle. On display are St Anthony and Mary with the Child Jesus.
Pride of place however goes to this next chapel mid way along the church. It shows a life sized 18th century scene of ‘Il compianto di Cristo’ – grieving over Christ. The figures were done in polychrome terracotta by Giuseppe Mazza.
They added an oratory here and reused the empty rooms as a hospital for pilgrims. In 1591 the hospital was transformed into an orphanage for homeless children but then in 1798 it was closed down due to religious suppression by the invading French troops.
Finally in this last chapel next to the entrance is a painting by Ercole Petroni competed in the first half of the 19th century showing St Paul of Paola.
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