Oratory of the Compagnia di San Bernardino

The Oratory of the Compagnia di San Bernardino is a place of worship in the Piazza San Francesco in Siena. Elevated to minor basilica status in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, it adjoins rooms housing the diocesan museum.[1] It is notable for its frescoes by Sodoma and Domenico Beccafumi.

Facade of the oratory

History
The upper oratory

The confraternity was first recorded in 1273 when it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Francis of Assisi. It was rededicated as the Compagnia della Madonna della Veste Nera di San Francesco in the 14th century and then as the Compagnia di San Bernardino in 1450 after Bernardino of Siena's canonisation, around which time it began building an oratory.

References
  1. Catholic.org Basilicas in Italy

Bibliography (in Italian)
  • Toscana. Guida d'Italia (Guida rossa), Touring Club Italiano, Milano 2003. ISBN 88-365-2767-1
  • Anna Maria Francini Ciaranfi, Beccafumi, Sadea Editore/Sansoni, Firenze 1967.
  • "Fonte: scheda nei "Luoghi della Fede", Regione Toscana".
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