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Memorials

S. Ambrogio 09.1a Cappella della Compagnia che s'aduna nella piazza S. Ambrogio

Situated In

S. Ambrogio -- chiesa

Alternate Names

  • Altare de'Martiri
  • Cappella della Compagnia di S. Maria della Neve
  • Cappella de'Martiri
Rosselli Number 9.0
Memorial Type chapel
Status transferred
Current Repository na
Primary Installation na
Secondary Installation na
Tomb Form na
Liturgical Orientation frn
Documented Types
  • cappella
  • altare
Component Parts
  • mensa
Database ID 32085

Dates

summer 1445 a
1651 b

Groups (2 total)

Compagnia di Santa Maria della Neve
summer 1445 to 1651
 c
Compagnia del SS. Sacramento di S. Ambrogio
circa 1640s (date is approximate) to November 23rd, 1650

Related Memorials (2 total)

S. Ambrogio 09.1b S. Maria delle Neve degli uomini:
summer 1445 to 1651
S. Ambrogio 09.2a Cappella di S. Niccolò de Michele Cardinali:
1651

Sources (3 total)

E. Borsook, “Cults and Imagery" pp. 168, 197n146
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 473, no. 9
D. Francioni, Storia del santissimo miracolo pp. 225–26

Notes

  • [a] The confraternity of S. Maria delle Neve, this altar's likely patron, was founded on May 23rd, 1445. According to Eve Borsook, they requested a chapel and two tombs for their use.
  • [b] Stefano Rosselli reported that rights to the chapel were taken back by the nuns of Sant'Ambrogio and conceded to Michele Cardinali, who refurbished it with inscriptions and his family arms.
  • [c] Stefano Rosselli did not know the name of the confraternity that originally owned the altar on the north side of the church near the main entrance, only that they gathered in piazza Sant'Ambrogio. This was likely the Compagnia di S. Maria della Neve, which was associated with the church and had a communal tomb for female members nearby.