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The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (official name: Basilica romana minore collegiata abbaziale prepositurale di Sant'Ambrogio) [1] is an ancient Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church in the center of Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy.
The church was rebuilt by Giovanni Battista Foggini in the 17th century. [1] A legend says that on 30 December 1230 a chalice which had not been cleaned was, the next day, found to contain blood rather than wine by Uguccione, the parish priest. This Eucharistic miracle made the church a place of pilgrimage.
San Carlo al Corso view from top of Spanish Steps. The church of the Saints Ambrogio and Carlo al Corso is the national church of the Lombards, to whom in 1471 Pope Sixtus IV gave, in recognition of their valuable construction work of the Sistine Chapel, the small church of S. Niccolò del Tufo, which was first restored and then dedicated to S. Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan.
A little below in Borgata San Pietro is the Sanctuary of Our Madonna di Fátima (Sant'Ambrogio di Torino), built in 1715 as a church dedicated to Sant'Anna and in 1943 became the first Italian sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna di Fátima; the church of San Giovanni Vincenzo, built in 1763 by the architect Bernardo Vittone; the church of San ...
San Giovanni Vincenzo (Saint John Vincent) is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was designed by the Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vittone.
The church. Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus (Sant Ambrosin in Lombard language) is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic convent in Milan, Italy. The convent is no longer functioning, but the oratory or church remains. While the present church dates to a reconstruction begun in 1635, the site was associated with the founding of monasticism by Saint Ambrose.
Archeological research has discovered parts of the temple and porch beneath the current Sant’Ambrogio buildings. [ 3 ] The name "Massima" may derive from the Cloaca Maxima , a branch of which flows nearby, [ 4 ] or from the Porticus Maximae , the long arcaded road passed in the immediate vicinity of the church. [ 5 ]
The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy.