Santa Caterina dei Funari
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| Santa Caterina dei Funari | |
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| English name: | St Catherine's of the Ropemakers |
| Dedication: | Catherine of Alexandria |
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
| Built: | c. 1549–1564 |
| Architect(s): | Guidetto Guidetti |
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| Address: | Via dei Funari |
Santa Caterina dei Funari is a church dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria.
[edit] History
The church was built in the late renaissance, c. 1549–1564, by Guidetto Guidetti, one of Michelangelo's apprentices, on the site of a monastery founded around the year 1000. Below the church are the ruins of the Circus Flaminius.
The appellation refers to the ropemakers who worked in the ruins of the Theatre of Balbo.
[edit] Exterior
Note the bell tower, which is in a different style than the rest of the church since it was based on a medieval tower. It houses bells brought from Germany by St Ignatius of Loyola. St Ignatius also founded a refuge for penitent women adjacent to the church.
The façade had been attributed to Giacomo della Porta, but is more likely by Guidetti.
[edit] Interior
One of the chapels is designed by Vignola.
