San Pietro in Montorio
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°53′19″N 12°28′00″E / 41.8886°N 12.4666°ECoordinates: 41°53′19″N 12°28′00″E / 41.8886°N 12.4666°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Region | Lazio |
| Year consecrated | 1500 |
| Leadership | Cardinal James Francis Stafford |
| Patron | Saint Peter |
| Website | Official site |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Donato Bramante |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Groundbreaking | 1481 |
San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard the Tempietto, a small commemorative martyrium (tomb) built by Donato Bramante.
The Church of San Pietro in Montorio was built on the site of an earlier 9th-century church dedicated to Saint Peter on Rome's Janiculum hill. According to tradition, it was the site of his crucifixion.
In the 15th century, the ruins were given to the Amadist friars, a reform branch of the Franciscans, founded by the Blessed Amadeus of Portugal, who served as confessor to Pope Sixtus IV from 1472. Commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
It is a titular church, whose current title holder, since 1 March 2008, is Cardinal James Francis Stafford.
The church is decorated with artworks by prominent 16th- and 17th-century masters.
The first chapel on the right contains Sebastiano del Piombo's Flagellation and Transfiguration (1516–1524). Michelangelo, who had befriended Sebastiano in Rome, supplied figure drawings that were incorporated into the Flagellation.
The second chapel has a fresco by Niccolò Circignani (1654), some Renaissance frescoes from the school of Pinturicchio, and an allegorical sibyl and virtue attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi.
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