ID: 700008702 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008702	Record Type: Built Work
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San Francesco (church (building); unknown Italian architects; commissioned by the Franciscan o...; consecrated in 1266 by Pope Cl...)

Note: Roman Catholic church under administration of the Diocese of Orvieto-Todi. A Franciscan hermitage was established near Orvieto in the early 13th century; the present church was begun in 1234, consecrated as SS Francesco e Ambrogio, honoring Francis of Assisi and Ambrose of Massa who had died in 1240. It was enlarged in 1264; then consecrated as San Francesco by Pope Clement IV. Was the largest church in Orvieto prior to the completion of the Orvieto cathedral 1290. The original building had a typical Franciscan hall-church plan. The interior was rebuilt ultimately in Baroque style 1768-1773, after an earlier renovation in the 16th century; additions included colonnades, altars along the lateral walls, side chapels, and a dome over the transept. The original facade has been heavily restored and the medieval rose window removed; the original sculpted marble portal survives, made of pink stone from Mt. Subasio of Assisi. The church is noted for the solemn funeral of Henri of Almain held here in 1273; he was an English knight assassinated in Viterbo. The funeral was attended by Pope Gregory X, King Edward I of England, and his wife Eleanor of Castile who were on a return journey from the Holy Land.

Titles:

San Francesco (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

San Francesco, Orvieto (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

S. Francesco (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

SS Francesco e Ambrogio (H,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

church (building) [300007466] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: consecrated in 1266 by Pope Clement IV; interior redesigned 1768-1773

Creator Display:

unknown Italian architects; commissioned by the Franciscan order [preferred,VP]

commissioner (person who orders works) unknown Franciscan (Franciscan (monastic order) cultural designation) [500355120]

pope Clement IV, Pope (French pope, died 1268) [500357005]

architects unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) [500125250]

Locations:

Orvieto [7005124] Terni province (province), Umbria (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: Piazza Febei; Lat: 42.716111, Long: 12.111111

Display Materials: masonry; interior was originally a hall church with single nave, quadrangular apse, and trussed wooden roof

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	hall churches [300007490]
	.......(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <churches by form>)

Dimensions: width: 22.2 m

Events:

consecration: 1266

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Romanesque [300020768] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

	Baroque [300021147] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Francis of Assisi, Saint (Italian friar, saint, 1181/1182-1226) [500349636]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Related Works:

	formerly was architectural context for .... St. Catherine of Alexandria [700008705] original location of altarpiece
	..........panel painting (painting by form); Simone Martini (Italian painter, ca. 1284-1344); ca. 1320-1325; National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada); no. 6430

	formerly was architectural context for .... Madonna and Child and Christ the Redeemer [700008706] original location of altarpiece
	..........panel painting (painting by form); Simone Martini (Italian painter, ca. 1284-1344); ca. 1322/1324; Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Orvieto, Terni province, Umbria,...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
San Francesco	........ [VP]
	........ Camporeale, Polittici murali del Trecento e Quattrocento (2011)
	........ di Meana et al, Il complesso monumentale di S. Francesco di Orvieto (2000)
	........ Comune di Orvieto [online] (2000-) "Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco " http://www.comune.orvieto.tr.it/I/39D109B9.htm
San Francesco, Orvieto	........ [VP]
	........ Michelin: Italy (1988)
S. Francesco	........ [VP]
	........ Fredericksen, Servite Origin of Simone Martini's Orvieto Polyptych (1986)
SS Francesco e Ambrogio	........ [VP]
	........ Comune di Orvieto [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Fredericksen, Servite Origin of Simone Martini's Orvieto Polyptych (1986)

....................... Comune di Orvieto [online] (2000-) "Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco " http://www.comune.orvieto.tr.it/I/39D109B9.htm

....................... GRI Photo Archives database (1974-) http://hdl.handle.net/10020/86p8s15m203

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Camporeale, Polittici murali del Trecento e Quattrocento (2011)
	..... di Meana et al, Il complesso monumentale di S. Francesco di Orvieto (2000)
	..... Fredericksen, Servite Origin of Simone Martini's Orvieto Polyptych (1986)
	..... Comune di Orvieto [online] (2000-) "Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco " http://www.comune.orvieto.tr.it/I/39D109B9.htm