Country Italy Status Active Province Province of Naples Architectural type Church | Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +39 081 290465 Architectural style Baroque architecture | |
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Location Borgo Sant'Antonio Abate
Naples
Province of Naples, Campania Address Via Foria, 80139 Napoli, Italy Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples Similar Sant'Anna a Capuana, Pontano Chapel, Gesù delle Monache, Sant'Orsola a Chiaia, San Michele Arcangel | ||
Sant'Antonio Abate is an ancient church of Naples, located at the beginning of the village of the same name: Borgo Sant'Antonio Abate.
Legend has it that the church, placed at the origin of the village of the same name, was founded at the behest of Queen Joanna I of Anjou, but a diploma of King Robert of Anjou, shows that, as early as March 1313, there were church and hospital and that in this place the sick were cured of the disease called "sacred fire" or shingles, a product derived from pig fat.
This church was the site of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
In this church there are two most important paintings by Luca Giordano.
References
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