San Pietro in Montorio

San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, which includes in its courtyard The Tempietto (a small commemorative martyrium) built by Donato Bramante.

History

The church of San Pietro in Montorio was built on the site of an earlier ninth-century church dedicated to St. Peter on Rome's Janiculum hill. Commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, it marks a traditional location of St. Peter's crucifixion.

The church's current Cardinal-Protector is James Francis Cardinal Stafford, since 1 March 2008.

Church interior

The church is decorated with artworks by prominent sixteenth and seventeenth-century masters.

The first chapel on the right contains Sebastiano del Piombo's Flagellation and Transfiguration (1516–1524). Michelangelo, who had befriended Sebastiano in Rome, supplied figure drawings that were incorporated into the Flagellation.

The second chapel has a fresco by Niccolò Circignani (1654) (il Pomarancio), some Renaissance frescoes from the school of Pinturrichio, and an allegorical sibyl and virtue attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi.

The fourth chapel has a ceiling fresco by Giorgio Vasari. Although there is no grave marker, tradition has it that Beatrice Cenci—executed in 1599 for the murder of her abusive father and made famous by Percy Bysshe Shelley, among others—is buried either in this chapel or below the high altar.

The ceiling of the fifth chapel contains another fresco, the Conversion of St. Paul, by Vasari. The altarpiece is attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, while the funerary monument of Cardinal del Monte and Roberto Nobili are by Bartolomeo Ammannati.

Till 1797, Raphael's final masterpiece, the Transfiguration graced the high altar; it is now in the Vatican pinacoteca. The altar currently displays a copy by Cammuccini of Guido Reni's Crucifixion of St. Peter (also now in Vatican museum).

The last chapel on the left contains a Baptism of Christ, attributed to Daniele da Volterra, and stucco-work and ceiling frescoes by Giulio Mazzoni.

A pupil of Antoniazzo Romano frescoed the third chapel with the Saint Anne, Virgin, and Child.

Dirck van Baburen, a central figure of the Dutch Caravaggisti, painted the ' for the Pietà Chapel, which is indebted to Caravaggio's example. Baburen worked with another Dutch artist, David de Heen in this chapel. The two other paintings, The Mocking of Christ and The Agony in the Garden are variously attributed to either or both of the artists.

The second chapel on the left, the Raimondi Chapel (1640), was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It includes Francesco Baratta's "Saint Francis in Ecstasy" and sculptures by Andrea Bolgi and Niccolò Sale.

Irish Princes' Tombs

At the high altar are the tombs of Gaelic Chieftains Hugh O'Neill, who fled Ireland in 1607.

The tombs are normally covered by a carpet. When facing the altar the tombs are on the left about 12 feet from the altar. The inscription on the tomb of Hugh O'Neill is still visible, and reads "Hugonis Principis Onelli".

The inscription on the tomb of Rory O'Donnell, once exposed by raising the carpet, refers also to his brother, Cathbharr, and their elder brother Red Hugh O'Donnell. The tombstone of Hugh O'Neill was recorded in the past as being of greater simplicity: D.O.M. Hic . quiescunt . Ugonis . principis . O'Neill . ossa .

The Tempietto

's Quattro Libri (woodcut, 1570).]] The Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio is a small commemorative martyrium built by Donato Bramante, possibly as early as 1502, in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio. It is considered a masterpiece of High Renaissance architecture.

After spending his first years in Milan, Bramante moved to Rome, where he was recognized by Cardinal Guiliano della Rovere, the soon-to-be Pope Julius II. One of Bramante's earliest commissions, the "Tempietto" is one of the most harmonious buildings of the Renaissance. It is meant to mark the traditional spot of St. Peter's martyrdom.

With all the transformations of Renaissance and Baroque Rome that were to follow, it is hard to sense now what an apparition this building was in beginning of the sixteenth century. It is almost a piece of sculpture, for it has little architectonic use. Despite its small scale the construction has all the grandeur and rigorous conformity of a Classical building. Perfectly proportioned, it is composed of slender Tuscan columns, a Doric entablature modeled after the ancient Theater of Marcellus, and a dome. According to an engraving in Sebastiano Serlio's Book III, Bramante planned to set it in within a colonnaded courtyard, but this plan was never executed.

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  • Satellite Photo The Tempietto is the circular dome in the center, enclosed tightly by the cloister of San Pietro in Montorio. Just west is the white hemicircle of the Acqua Paola.
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Chris Phillips
24 August 2015
The traditional site of St Peter's crucifixion, this is a lovely little baroque church. Great views from the piazza outside, too.
Tom in Rome
10 April 2018
Apart from the Tempietto, the church has excellent works by Sodoma, Peruzzi, etc.
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The Night Watchmen, Public Video Art by ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research, Notte bianca 2006
Vova Novaque
14 January 2016
According to the legends, this is the very place where San Pietro was killed.
Danilo ✌
17 March 2014
Mentre Jap sopraggiunge, una bambina ha fatto perdere le proprie tracce alla madre che la chiama disperata. Sarà lui a scoprire che si è nascosta nei sotterranei del tempietto del Bramante.
Albarico
12 September 2011
"chiesa solenne, dalle forme rinascimentali, nella cui penombra si fa fatica a individuare l'inganno illusionistico della volta, che sembra di stucco e invece è dipinta a tromp l'oeil"
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