A report on Badia Fiorentina
Abbey and church now home to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy.
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Florence
2 linksCity in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region.
City in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region.
Other churches in Florence include the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, located in Santa Maria Novella square (near the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station) which contains works by Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Filippino Lippi and Domenico Ghirlandaio; the Basilica of Santa Croce, the principal Franciscan church in the city, which is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 m southeast of the Duomo, and is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories (Tempio dell'Itale Glorie); the Basilica of San Lorenzo, which is one of the largest churches in the city, situated at the centre of Florence's main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III; Santo Spirito, in the Oltrarno quarter, facing the square with the same name; Orsanmichele, whose building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Michele, now demolished; Santissima Annunziata, a Roman Catholic basilica and the mother church of the Servite order; Ognissanti, which was founded by the lay order of the Umiliati, and is among the first examples of Baroque architecture built in the city; the Santa Maria del Carmine, in the Oltrarno district of Florence, which is the location of the Brancacci Chapel, housing outstanding Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, later finished by Filippino Lippi; the Medici Chapel with statues by Michelangelo, in the San Lorenzo; as well as several others, including Santa Trinita, San Marco, Santa Felicita, Badia Fiorentina, San Gaetano, San Miniato al Monte, Florence Charterhouse, and Santa Maria del Carmine.
Filippino Lippi
2 linksItalian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance.
Italian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance.
At about this time, Piero di Francesco del Pugliese asked him to paint the altarpiece with the Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard, which is now in the Badia Fiorentina, Florence.
Santa Croce, Florence
2 linksPrincipal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
Principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
He reasoned that this had been removed from the Badia Fiorentina during the Napoleonic occupation and accidentally re-installed in Santa Croce.
Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany
2 linksThe Margrave of Tuscany from 969 until his death in 1001, and the Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino from 989 to 996 (as "Hugh II").
The Margrave of Tuscany from 969 until his death in 1001, and the Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino from 989 to 996 (as "Hugh II").
He was buried in the Badia Fiorentina, which his mother had founded in 978, where a monument was later added by Mino da Fiesole.
Apparition of the Virgin to St Bernard (Filippino Lippi)
1 linksPainting by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi, completed around 1485–1487.
Painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi, completed around 1485–1487.
It is housed in the Badia Fiorentina, a church in Florence.
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Mino da Fiesole
1 linksMino da Fiesole (c.
Mino da Fiesole (c.
His most arduous and complicated commissions, which define his intellectual and artistic nature, are an altarpiece and tombs for the church of the Benedictine monastery in Florence known as the Badia.
Badia Polyptych
1 linksPainting by the Italian artist Giotto, painted around 1300 and housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence.
Painting by the Italian artist Giotto, painted around 1300 and housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence.
Contemporary sources such as Lorenzo Ghiberti's Commentarii and Giorgio Vasari's Lives agree in mentioning the presence of a polyptych by Giotto at the high altar in the Badia Fiorentina.
Hubert, Duke of Spoleto
1 linksThe illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy and his concubine Wandelmoda.
The illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy and his concubine Wandelmoda.
She was the founder of the church of the Badia Fiorentina at Florence.
Giovanni Villani
0 linksItalian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica (New Chronicles) on the history of Florence.
Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica (New Chronicles) on the history of Florence.
At the same time, he served as the consul for his guild of the Arte di Calimala and watched over the raising of the campanile of the Badìa.
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti
0 linksItalian Rococo style painter from Florence.
Italian Rococo style painter from Florence.
He found abundant patronage in fresco painting for the Florentine Abbey (Badia Fiorentina), the Chapel of San Giuseppe in the Duomo, and the altar and cupola of the Church of San Salvatore al Vescovo.