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Buildings

Oratorio di Santa Maria Vergine della Croce al Tempio

A pilgrims' hospital and oratory once stood side by side in the portion of the via dei Malcontenti now known as via San Giuseppe. Today, only the oratory remains.

Affiliations (1 total)
  • confraternity
Database ID 120

Location

Alternate Names

  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Vergine della Croce al Tempio
  • Spedale di Santa Maria della Croce
  • Spedale di Santa Maria della Croce al Tempio
  • Spedale, e Compagnia del Tempio

Dates

1332 a
1428 b
renovation
November 2nd, 1752
1911 to 1912
 renovation

Affiliated Groups (1 total)

Compagnia di Santa Maria della Croce al Tempio
circa 1428 (date is approximate) to November 2nd, 1752 c

Spaces (3 total)

Memorials (3 total)

Memorialized Groups (3)

2 Families (click to expand)

Memorialized Individuals (1)

Sources (2 total)

ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 445-448
G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine vol. 2, pp. 124-133

Notes

  • [a] Prior to its acquisition by the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Croce al Tempio in the mid fourteenth century, a hospital existed at the corner of via de'Macci and via dei Malcontenti under the leadership of an otherwise unknown Giovanni.
  • [b] Simone de Buonarrota left funds in his 1428 testament to enlarge the pilgrims' hospital and guest house.
  • [c] The hospital may have belonged to the Confraternity as early as its founding in 1356.