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Saint Maria della Misericordia
 


Saint Maria della Misericordia

Cathedral Square

It was built between the 1441 and the 1455 as the seat of the homonymous Confraternity to assist the poor and treat children abandoned. At mid-‘500, the church was entrusted to a group of nuns, engaged in a marriage education of poor virgins.

In 1582, after the decision of the bishop authority, the nuns continued their activity in the monastery of Virgins.


There is no trace of this old church..

The portal, visible in Cathedral Square, near the De Lerma palace, is part of the new church rebuilt in 1570 by the Confraternity. The inscription reports a dedication to Virgin which asks the gift of the water. On the trabeation there is also the Volto Santo (Holy Face).

The transfer of brothers, with needs of greater visibility of the façade of the Cathedral, caused the demolition of the building.

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