Modena

Former Church and Convent of Saint Paul (Ex Chiesa ed Ex Convento di San Paolo)

Edited by

Daniele Pascale

Places of worship

Other denominations

Ex Chiesa ed Ex Convento di San Paolo / Complesso di San Paolo

D'Este's People

Eleonora d'Aragona, Ercole I, Ercole III, Francesco IV

Artists / Humanists

Cristoforo Malagola, Giovanni Battista Codebò

Description

The old church of San Paolo had been a parish church since the Middle Ages: it was not until 1491 that the nuns of the Monastero della Misericordia were transferred there and had the adjacent premises enlarged and the church rebuilt in 1653 under the direction of Galaverna. After the Napoleonic period, the monastery was converted into a boarding school for poor girls, founded by Francesco IV and under the patronage of Duchess Maria Beatrice of Savoy. Today, the complex hosts educational and cultural activities and the law library of the University of Modena.

Useful information

Address

via Francesco Selmi, 83

Municipality

MODENA

Province

Modena

Other addresses

già Contrada dei Bagni

Visitability of the place

Visitable only externally

Themes

Liturgic Adjustment (eg.: Counter-Reformation)

Website

https://www.visitmodena.it/it/scopri-modena/arte-e-cultura/chiese-ed-edifici-religiosi/modena/chiesa-di-san-paolo

Tourer

https://www.tourer.it/mappa?id=1912