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The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Pioggia is a small church, located on Via Viva Reno 122, between Galliera road and Riva di Reno road in central Bologna, Italy. It was once the ''Oratory of San Bartolomeo di Reno''. ==History== By the year 1204, the ''Oratory of St Bartolomeo di Reno'' at this site sheltered a venerated icon of the Madonna and Child. After the plague of 1527, the adjacent buildings were transformed from a hostel for pilgrims into an orphanage. Over the centuries, the church, located below the oratory, was enlarged and refurbished, gaining the name of the ''Madonna della Pioggia'' after a procession to the church was followed by a rainfall ending a drought. A major reconstruction occurred in 1729 under Alfonso Torreggiani. The icon of the ''Madonna and Child with seven angel heads'' at the main altar is attributed to the 15th-century painter Michele di Matteo. The church has three paintings by Agostino Carracci: ''Adoration by the Shepherds'', ''St Bartolomeo di Reno'' and the two ''Prophets'' in the arch of the chapel . Other art works include: a ''Santo Bartolomeo'' by Francesco Monti; a ''St Vincent Ferrer'' by Antonio Crespi,〔Son of Giuseppe Maria Crespi.〕 and ''St Luigi Gonzaga'' by Ercole Graziani. Other paintings attributed to Graziani include the following works in the sacristy: ''St Peter after the triple denial of Christ'', ''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine''; ''Burial of St Catherine of Alexandria''. Also in the sacristy are a ''Camillo dè Lellis tending to the sick'' by Dante Bizzotto; a statue representing ''St Anthony of Padua and Child Jesus'' by Giovanni Antonio Raimondi; and an ''Enthroned Madonna and Child with St Catherine and Lucy'' by Alessandro Stiatici. The stairwell to the oratory is frescoed with a ''Landscape with St Bartholomew'' by Ludovico Mattioli.〔(Bologna Tourism site ), description is taken from "Il Santuario di Santa Maria della Pioggia, già chiesa di San Bartolomeo di Reno" curated by Giovanni Sassu (Costa Editore).〕 The sanctuary has been recently restored and now owned by the Pii Istituti Educativi (Charitable Educational Institutions). 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「Santa Maria della Pioggia, Bologna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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