Sant'Alessandro, Brescia explained

Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

History

The first church at the site was founded in 1153, adjacent to a hospital, by the 15th-century it had been granted to the Servite nuns. The church was consecrated in 1466, then rebuilt in Baroque style in 1784, but the facade was only completed by 1891. A fountain is present in the square in front.^[1]

Among the interior altarpiece paintings are:

• Annunciation, 1st altar, by Jacopo Bellini
• Pieta (1504), 2nd altar, Vincenzo Civerchio
• Painting (1943) by Angelo Righetti, replaces the ancient Icon of Mary, 3rd altar by Gregoretti
• Ecce Homo, 4th altar, fresco by Lattanzio Gambara
• Martyrdom of St Alexander, main altarpiece, Pietro Moro, replaced the masterpiece polyptych of Girolamo Romanino, now in the National Gallery in London.^[2]
• St Phillip Benizzi, 7th altar, by Grazio Cossali
• Saints Roch, Lodovico, and Sebastian, 9th altar, Sebastiano Arragonese

Over the entrance doorway are paintings of the Lives of Saints Alexander and Filippo Benizzi by Girolamo Rossi.^[3]

References

45.5353°N 10.2233°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.turismobrescia.it/en/punto-d-interesse/church-santalessandro Turismo Brescia
2. Web site: High Altarpiece, S. Alessandro, Brescia . National Gallery . 31 October 2019 . London.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FeIDcd_3CL8C Guida di Brescia rapporto alle arti ed ai monumenti antichi e moderni