{"id":6207,"date":"2023-11-09T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palazzolarocca.it\/non-categorizzato\/10-mother-church-of-saint-william-formerly-of-saint-ignatius\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:25:44","slug":"10-mother-church-of-saint-william-formerly-of-saint-ignatius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palazzolarocca.it\/en\/scicli-en\/10-mother-church-of-saint-william-formerly-of-saint-ignatius\/","title":{"rendered":"10. Mother Church of St. William (formerly of St. Ignatius)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6207\" class=\"elementor elementor-6207 elementor-2958\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-807bb31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"807bb31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca00678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ca00678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10. Mother Church of St. William (formerly of St. Ignatius) <\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d14216f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d14216f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Piazza Italia, n\u00b011 &#8211; 97018 Scicli, RG<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6853f28f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6853f28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palazzolarocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Scicli_StIgnatiusLoyolaChurch_010_1109-scaled-qf46aidonhfi3rjafciqv82jx0syv5ldi0okaahhm8.jpg\" title=\"\u2192\" alt=\"Chiesa Madre di Sant&apos;Ignazio di Loyola a Scicli vista dall&apos;esterno\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea069cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea069cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fig. a<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774d2f57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"774d2f57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e51e7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e51e7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Mother Church, located in Piazza Italia, was built in 1750, as evidenced by the date engraved on the string-course cornice between the first and second orders <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">(Fig. a)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">after the 1693 earthquake had destroyed the Mother Church of Saint Matthew.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Originally dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, it was later dedicated to Saint William, whose hallows are preserved inside.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Annexed to the Jesuit college<em>, <\/em>demolished in 1961 to make way for a school, it presents the typical forms of this order, as attested by the basilica layout, the wide fa\u00e7ade, rich and at the same time severe, with its shallow pilasters and low side bell towers.<br \/> The fa\u00e7ade, featuring two orders, is concluded by a tympanum with a concave-convex cornice <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">(Fig. b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">In the lower order, the three portals are delimited by pilasters. In the second order, which is connected to the lower one by two volutes, there is a large window that is enclosed, together with a clock, by moulded stone frames (Fig. c). On the sides, set back from the fa\u00e7ade, are two barrel vaults, where the bells are placed.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Four statues on pedestals protrude from the wall and, together with cherubs and leaf motifs, decorate the fa\u00e7ade.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">The interior, with a three-nave basilica plan, is decorated with gilded stucco and frescoes (Fig. d). A chapel, known as the<\/span>&#8220;Chapel of the Madonna of the Militia<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u201d, houses a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 statue, the author of which is unknown, and a canvas painted towards the end of the 18th century by Francesco Pascucci, depicting the battle between the Saracens and the Christians, which took place in 1091 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">(Fig. e)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">.<br \/><\/span>The historical episode is re-enacted through a festival on the last Saturday of May. Tradition has it that the Virgin Mary on horseback, dressed as a warrior and with her sword drawn, rushed to defend the Christians in the battle that saw the Saracens of Belcane and the Normans of Roger of Altavilla face each other at Donnalucata, ensuring the latter victory <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">(Fig. f)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">.<br \/><\/span>This legendary tradition, recalled in the literary work \u201c<em>The Red Carnation<\/em>\u201d by the writer Elio Vittorini, has been included in the \u201cRegister of the Intangible Heritage of Sicily\u201d protected by Unesco.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2968'>\n\t\t\t\tFig. b\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7c282de5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Fig. c\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDYyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5wYWxhenpvbGFyb2NjYS5pdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMTBcLzMtMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI3YzI4MmRlNSJ9\" href='https:\/\/www.palazzolarocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palazzolarocca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Particolare dell&#039;orologio nella facciata della chiesa Madre\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4629\" 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