Location Mantua, Italy Architectural type Church Completed 1752-1755 Province Province of Mantua | Affiliation Roman Catholic Groundbreaking 12th century Architectural style Baroque architecture Phone +39 0376 323822 | |
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Address Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 146, 46100 Mantova MN, Italy Similar San Barnaba - Mantua, Church of Sant'Orsola, Santa Maria della Carità - M, San Martino - Mantua, Sant'Egidio | ||
The Ognissanti is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.
History
It is reputed that Matilde of Canossa granted the Ognissanti church around 1080 to the Abbey of Polirone in San Benedetto Po. Others ascribe the donation to the Benedictines as a gift by Pope Adrian IV in 1159.
The present church and façade were completed by 1755, creating a new church with stood at right angles to the original structure. The belltower and the chapel of the dead retain some of the original Romanesque architecture. In 1797, the order was suppressed by the Napoleonic occupation and the church briefly deconsecrated.
The interior contains the following artworks:
References
Ognissanti, Mantua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA