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The Chiesa di San Francesco ( Italian, "Church of St. Francis" ) is a Roman Catholic church located in the historic center of Mantua, Italy, at Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi 5. The church was founded by the Franciscan Order in 1304 but it was not consecrated until 1459, when Pope Pius II performed the ceremony.〔Touring Club of Italy, ''Mantua and its Province'', (page 54 ).〕 Suppressed in 1782, it was sacked in 1797,〔 during the Napoleonic Wars, and turned into an arsenal in 1811. Still in military use when World War II began, it was devastated by bombardment during the war. The ''Cappella Gonzaga'', with its frescoes depicting the life of St. Louis of Toulouse ( (イタリア語:San Ludovico d'Angiò) ), was saved and recently restored. These frescoes were supposed to have been painted by Serafino de' Serafini,〔 an artist who was active in Modena during the 14th Century. The church was reconstructed in Romanesque and Gothic styles. Now visible are some of the original frescoes depicting ''St. Francis Receives the Stigmata'' by Stefano da Verona. Andrea Mantegna's work ''St. Bernardino of Siena between Two Angels'' was originally here but it is now at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, Italy. In the ''Cappella Gonzaga'', built between 1369 and 1484, were buried: * Guido Gonzaga, 2nd ''capitano del popolo'' of Mantua. * Ludovico II Gonzaga, 3rd ''capitano del popolo'' of Mantua. * Francesco I Gonzaga, 4th ''capitano del popolo'' of Mantua. * Margherita Malatesta, second wife of Francesco I Gonzaga. * Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, 5th ''capitano del popolo'' of Mantua. * Rodolfo Gonzaga, son of Ludovico III, 2nd Marquis of Mantua. * Francesco Cardinal Gonzaga, son of Ludovico III, 2nd Marquis of Mantua. Also at the church were buried other notables: * Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, the ''condottiero'', buried in full armor in 1526. * Blessed Alberto Gonzaga in 1321. * Guido Torelli, the founder of the noble family of Torelli, in 1449. * Cristoforo I Torelli, son of Guido, in 1460. * Francesco Secco, the ''condottiero'' who owned the family chapel, in 1496. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Francesco (Mantua)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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