Church of Saint Anne (Alcamo)

Church of Saint Anne
The façade of the church of Saint Anne
Basic information
Location	Alcamo, Trapani, Italy
Geographic coordinates	37°59′04″N 12°57′42″E / 37.98445°N 12.96175°E / 37.98445; 12.96175Coordinates: 37°59′04″N 12°57′42″E / 37.98445°N 12.96175°E / 37.98445; 12.96175
Affiliation	Catholic
Territory	Alcamo
State	Italy
Province	Trapani
Region	Sicily
Country	Italy
Patron	Saint Anne
Groundbreaking	1630-1634

The Church of Saint Anne (also called Church of Sant'Anna Cappuccini) is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy.

It is annexed to the former monastery of the Capuchine friars and it belongs to the Fondo Edifici di Culto (FEC).

The Church was built between 1630 and 1634, and the ex friary between 1633 and 1636. Both of them were constructed because of the necessity of the Capuchine friars (who lived in a monastery annexed to a Church inside the cemetery of Cappuccini until 1566 needed to get near the town. In 1866 the Capuchine friary was abolished.

The parish of Sant'Anna, called by people from Alcamo "Li Scappuccini" was created in 1947.

The Church is with a single nave, has a baptistry and seven chapels, embellished by frescoes made by Leonardo Mirabile and Giovanni Dato, while the frescoes on the nave and the vault were realized by Eugenio Ligotti and Salvatore Gagliano from Palermo.

This is the list of the works:

In the left chapels, starting from those nearer to the altar:

In the right chapels, following the same order, you can see:

The representations of the 14 stations of the Cross, which are on the walls of the church. were also made by Felice da Sambuca, a friar.

In the sacristy there is a little alabaster statue of Our Lady of Trapani and a painting of the Finding of Our Lady of Miracles made by fra Felice da Sambuca), which once were probably kept in the chapel of the Madonna of Purity, together with the paintings of Ecce homo (later placed on the right side of the church’s entrance) and that of Saint Anne.

Inside the ex friary there are also some paintings on canvas, kept in one of the church chapels until 1884, representing Judas’ betrayal, Jesus’capture and the Virgin Mary with the sleeping Infant Child.