San Sebastiano MIlan Italy
by Joan Carroll
Title
San Sebastiano MIlan Italy
Artist
Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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If you are used to the linear designs of most Christian churches (and who isn't?) it's a little shocking to walk into the round interior of the Tempio Civico di San Sebastiano in Milan Italy. Yet the openness is quite appealing. While today the building has both civic and religious functions (some rooms are used as movie theatres!) the origins are strictly religions. When Milan emerged from a bout of the plague in 1576, its residents heaved a sigh of relief. As did residents of many cities in Europe, they expressed their gratitude to God for their deliverance by building a church or a plague column. This church was built on the site where the 14th-century church of San Quilino had stood and it was dedicated to Sebastian, the patron saint of those with contagious diseases. The non-linear layout was atypical for the period. Perhaps the site, which had housed an earlier medieval church dictated the shape. Notes on Saints: In the 3rd century, Sebastian was tied to a tree, shot with arrows, and left for dead. He survived, and returned to preach Christianity to the emporer Diocletian. Therupon the emporer had him beaten to death. During the 14th century, the random nature of infection with the Black Death caused people to liken the plague to their villages being shot by an army of nature's archers. In desperation, they prayed for the intercession of a saint associated with archers, and Saint Sebastian became associated with the plague.
FEATURED PHOTO, Pleasing the Eye group, 6/28/16
FEATURED PHOTO, The Niche group, 6/26/16!
joan carroll, temple, saint, italia, mannerist, milano, renaissance, chapel, catholicism, religion, altar,
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June 10th, 2016
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