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Santissimo Salvatore part 2
The Sacristy entrance is between the third and fourth chapels. This room was also used in the past for mass services in winter. It’s packed with artistic masterpieces most of them having been restored in recent years by Camillo Tarozzi.
There are nine oval paintings by Giovanni Viani depicting saints connected with the Congregation of St Maria di Reno initially based here in the past.
Along this wall are the most celebrated paintings by: Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Angelo Malavena and Girolamo Bonesi.
Above the altar is this large work of art holding reliquaries or at least it did at one time. The central painting is attributed to Orazio Samacchini and shows Christ being flagellated.
There are no details about the unusual Grandfather clock in the corner. Beside it though are two very rare works by Nunzio Ferraioli as his countryside scenes are painted directly on to the walls.
This last painting in the entrance of the sacristy is not a particularly beautiful one though it does date to the 1700s therefore still making it quite valuable.
Next door is another smaller room often used for meetings or also like a reception room. This first painting showing the Virgin is attributed Mastellata. Another equally famous one is this small one by Guercino depicting St Dominic, and lastly is this one of St John the Baptist by Elisabetta Sirani.
The presence of a religious institution in this area probably dates back to around the VIII century, when a group of Greek monks sought refuge here after escaping from religious persecution in the Far East. Augustinian monks erected a church here dedicated to St Salvatore and the first official notice of this occurred in the first decades of the XII century having been first recognised by Gregory VII.
Around the time Gaspare Nadi began new restructuring work in 1474 to the basilica next door this contemporary styled complex became home to the regular canons of St Ambrogio di Gubbio. Three Renaissance styled cloisters were added as well as a theatre and an ornately decorated library.
Just before the theatre is this cloister which would have been the private one to the abbot or head monk of the monastery but as with most of the building is currently abandoned. The last religious suppression took place here in 1866 and since then the building has suffered greatly due to lack of care and bad management. There is however, much work continuing to restore it and the possibility that it may soon be occupied by a religious order from France.
This theatre is now used by youth groups. The frescoed wall appears strange because the rest of the paintings have been literally cut off from the floor above after restoration work. The rest can only be seen in the offices upstairs and now home to the Scientific arm of the police, very much the CSI of Bologna.
References
Giuseppe Sassatelli, Cristiana Morigi Govi, Jacopo Ortalli, Francesca Bocchi, Atlante Storico Delle Città Italiane Emilia Romagna Bologna I, Bologna 1996.
Tiziano Costa – Marco Poli, Conoscere Bologna, Bologna 2005.
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