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Church · Gesualdo (AV)

Church of Santa Maria degli Afflitti

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 670 m
Church of Santa Maria degli Afflitti
Photo: gianfranco.vitolo · CC BY-SA 2.0 · resized

A church commissioned in 1612 by Prince Carlo Gesualdo, with a Deposition by Giovanni Tommaso Guarini.

At the far end of the Canale district, along Via San Sebastiano, the church of Santa Maria degli Afflitti, once dedicated to Saint Sebastian, was built in 1612 by Prince Carlo Gesualdo. Its name probably comes from the Deposition kept inside, which shows the Virgin's grief. The interior has a single nave, intimate and quiet.We like to linger over the Deposition painted in 1622 by Giovanni Tommaso Guarini of Solofra: at the centre Mary, arms outstretched before the dead Christ, with Saint John and Mary Magdalene; at the sides the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch, brought together in an ideal composition. We also recommend the wooden statue of Saint Onuphrius by Francesco Celebrano.

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