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Buildings

S. Maria Maggiore

Affiliations (3 total)
  • parochial
  • Vallombrosans
  • Carmelites (OCarm)
Database ID 119

Location

Dates

year 507
 foundation
March 3rd, 1127 a
August 18th, 1128 b
1180
October 15th, 1182 c
July 30th, 1193 d
March 31st, 1226 e
July 19th, 1588 to 1600 f
renovation

Affiliated Groups (3 total)

popolo di S. Maria Maggiore g
circa 1115 (date is approximate) to 1785
vallombrosiani di S. Maria Maggiore
circa 1250 (date is approximate) to 1539
frati Carmelitani della Congregazione di Mantova
1539 to circa 1808 (date is approximate)

Spaces (10 total)

Memorials (76 total)

Memorialized Groups (38)

37 Families (click to expand)

Memorialized Individuals (32)

Sources (6 total)

G. Fanelli, Firenze, architettura e città, atlante pp. 9-11
ASF, Manoscritti, 628, Sepoltuari da Francesco della Foresta pp. 162-179
ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 977-90
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 628
G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine vol. 3, pp. 262-291
R. B. Litchfield, Online Gazetteer sq. 35, no. 4

Notes

  • [a] The complex was documented with a garden, indicating a resident community, on March 3rd, 1127.
  • [b] The complex was documented with a cloister, indicating a resident community, on August 18th, 1128.
  • [c] The complex was documented with a cemetery and piazza on October 15th, 1182
  • [d] The complex was documented with a refectory, indicating a resident community, on July 30th, 1193.
  • [e] The complex was documented with an atrium on March 31st, 1226.
  • [f] According to Richa, construction on the residential portion of the convent began at this time, including a large cloister completed by 1600.
  • [g] S. Maria Maggiore was named as one of 36 parrocchie among the original 48 parishes established at the start of the commune.