| San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Catania | |
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 San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Catania | |
| 37°30′10″N15°05′05″E / 37.502795°N 15.08480°E /37.502795; 15.08480 | |
| Location | Catania, Sicily |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata is aRoman Catholic church in the city ofCatania,Sicily, southernItaly.
The construction of the first church at this site (1329) was promoted byQueen Eleanor of Anjou, wife ofFrederick II of Aragon, and sister of the Franciscan friar and bishop, StLouis of Toulouse. This was the firstFranciscan church in town. The Queen was buried here in 1343. Like most churches in town, it was wrecked by the 1693 sicily earthquake and rebuilt in the 17th-century. It contains an 18th-century canvas depicting the Queen andSt Clare. The interior has paintings by P. Liotta, G. Rapisardi, G. Zacco. The apse has a fresco byFrancesco Battaglia depictingSt Francis praying at thePorziuncola.Vincenzo Bellini was born adjacent to this church in thePalazzo Gravina-Cruyllas, now a civic museum dedicated to the composer.[1]
In front of the church is theMonument to Blessed Cardinal Giuseppe Dusmet.