Santa Lucia (1472)

This nunnery, which belonged to a community of Augustinian nuns, was rebuilt in 1472 after a fire that killed seven of their number.  The portal (1706) on Corso Garibaldi opens onto a flight of stairs that leads to what was the nuns’ church. 

The church was restored in 1614 [and received the relics of St Justina in 1696.] 

The church was restored again in 1815. 

In 1817, the few remaining nuns from the nearby Franciscan nunnery of Sant’ Antonio da Padova were moved here, and the nuns opened a school for poor young girls.

The school and the buildings subsequently passed to  the Conservatori Antinori, an organisation devoted to the education of poor young girls.  It retains this name but is an elementary school.

Works Removed from the Church

Pietà and symbols of the Passion (15th century)

This panel, which is in its original frame, was moved from the sacristy to the Galleria Nazionale (Room 7) in 1863 .  Neither the artist nor the original location are known, but it has been suggested that the work was originally in a roadside tabernacle.

Madonna and Child (17th century)

This altarpiece by Giovanni Antonio Scaramuccia is now in the Museo Capitolare (Room 20).  The full length figure of the Madonna portrays her as the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.

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