Andrea Bonavita

The article reconstructs the layout of the church of San Fedele in the run-up to the 1622 canonisation of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, tracing the preceding decades from an unusual perspective. the focus falls on: the construction of the two missing chapels, the related dynamics of patronage and the influence of the promotion of the founders’ cult on the interior layout...

This paper concentrates on the construction of the chapel dedicated to the Jesuit founder in San Fedele, starting from the discovery of the 1621 contract for the marble altar, up to the completion of the decoration of the walls and the upper Gloria...

The retrieval of the contract for the moving of Bernabò Visconti’s statue from the choir of San Giovanni in Conca in Milan (1571) gives an opportunity to reconsider the years following the Pastoral visits of Carlo Borromeo, which marked an important renovation of the Carmelite church. While the Cardinal once again had to deal with the problem of ducal remains occupying a place of worship and prayer, Vincenzo Seregni, the actual promoter of the architectural adjustment, looked for a solution to numerous problems, regarding which ancient and recent tombs played a relevant role.