Buildings

S. Maria Maggiore

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

Parish of S. Maria Maggiore, Gonfalone Leone Azzurro, Sestiere Porta del Duomo
Parish of S. Maria Maggiore, Gonfalone Drago S. Giovanni, Quartiere S. Giovanni

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)

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

[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.