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Santa Cristina Rediscovered: Preliminary Considerations on the Old Chapel of the Cemetery of the Sienese Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala

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  • Raffaele Marrone
Raffaele Marrone
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Classe di Lettere Corso di perfezionamento in Storia dell’arte
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-3190

Published 2024-12-12

Keywords

  • Siena,
  • Santa Maria della Scala,
  • Sepulchral Spaces,
  • Santa Cristina,
  • Ambrogio Lorenzetti

How to Cite

Marrone, R. (2024). Santa Cristina Rediscovered: Preliminary Considerations on the Old Chapel of the Cemetery of the Sienese Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. La Diana. https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-3190

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Abstract

Through an analysis of documentary sources and architectural evidence, this study aims to identify the location of the ancient chapel of the cemetery of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena. Decorated in 1341 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, the chapel was later associated with the cult of the martyr Christina following the donation of relics from Constantinople to the Hospital in 1359. It is specifically hypothesised that the chapel corresponds, at least in part, to a space now integrated into the headquarters of the confraternity of Santa Caterina della Notte – within the area of the Hospital referred to as the “magazzini della corticella” –, which today presents a late 19th-century configuration.

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