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Saint Rosalia
Francesco Queirolo, c. 1756
 
 
Monument to Cecco di Sangro
Monument to Giovan Francesco di Sangro, fifth Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Giovan Francesco di Sangro, first Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Giovan Francesco di Sangro, third Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Paolo di Sangro, second Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Paolo di Sangro, fourth Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Paolo di Sangro, sixth Prince of Sansevero
Monument to Alessandro di Sangro, Patriarch of Alexandria
Saint Rosalia
Saint Oderisio
 
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In the chapel that separates the Sweetness of the Marital Yoke from Modesty is the statue representing Saint Rosalia. Raimondo di Sangro wanted to commemorate the most famous saint in the family. Rosalia was in fact the daughter of Sinibaldo of the counts dei Marsi and di Sangro. The twelfth-century Rosalia became patron saint of Palermo, having saved the city from the plague which descended in 1624. It was in these circumstances that her bones, found on Monte Pellegrino, were transported to Palermo.

A successful work by Queirolo, the statue exhibits a composed and refined taste, a far cry from baroque exaggeration. It is no coincidence that with its chaste tone and its formal balance it attracted the attention of a rather special observer, Antonio Canova. Rosalia is in prayer, kneeling on a cushion, her head circled by her characteristic crown of roses. Two angels and an ancient red marble memorial plaque complete the funeral monument.

 
 
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