The Jesuit church of San Fedele in Milan

San Fedele is a Jesuit parish church in the centre of Milan, Italy. Located near the Palazzo Marino and the Teatro alla Scala, the church was commissioned from Pellegrino Tibaldi in 1559. Outside the church in Piazza San Fedele stands a bronze statue from 1883 in memory of the writer Alessandro Manzoni, who lived nearby and died from a head injury received after a fall while exiting mass at San Fedele on 6 January 1873.

The interior of the church features a single nave with tall columns in granite. The presbytery and sacristy were extended in the 17th century by Francesco Maria Richino, while the façade was completed by Pietro Pestagalli in 1835. The interior is decorated with various artworks, including a Pietà by Simone Peterzano, a St. Ignatius by Giovanni Battista Crespi, a Transfiguration by Bernardino Campi, and a Sacred Heart by Lucio Fontana. A Madonna of the Snake by Ambrogio Figino was once in the church and is now located in the church of Sant'Antonio Abate.

The Museo San Fedele was inaugurated in December 2014 and displays works from the collection of the Jesuit order. The gallery was prompted by a 1964 speech by Pope Paul VI urging a dialogue between art and faith. The collection includes modern contributions by Carlo Carrà, Mario Sironi, and Lucio Fontana, whose commissioned altarpiece Il Sacro Cuore from 1956 is now in the church. Other works by David Simpson, Mimmo Paladino, Jannis Kounellis, Sean Shanahan, Claudio Parmiggiani, and Nicola De Maria are also in the gallery or church.

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