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Corpus Domini, Ferrara

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Province
  
Province of Ferrara

Phone
  
+39 0532 207825

Corpus Domini, Ferrara

Address
  
Via Pergolato, 4, 44121 Ferrara FE, Italy

Burials
  
Giulio d'Este, Camilla Faà

Similar
  
Casa Romei, Sant'Antonio in Polesine, Santa Maria in Vado - Fer, Basilica of San Giorgio fu, Oratorio dell'Annunziata - Ferrara

The Corpus Domini Monastery is a monastery at 4 via Pergolato in Ferrara. Its public church was decorated in the late-Baroque period. On its high altar is Communion of the Apostles by Giambettino Cignaroli (1768), whilst the church's ceiling fresco Glory of Saint Catherina Vegri is by Giuseppe Ghedini (1770–1773).

Notable burials

The church is the burial-place for several members of the House of Este:

  • Leonello d'Este
  • Eleanor of Naples
  • Niccolò III d'Este
  • Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo
  • Ercole I d'Este
  • Sigismondo d'Este
  • Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
  • Giulio d'Este
  • Ferrante d'Este
  • Ercole II d'Este
  • Eleonora d'Este
  • Lucrezia Borgia
  • Lucrezia de' Medici
  • Alfonso II d'Este
  • References

    Corpus Domini, Ferrara Wikipedia


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