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Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo

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Capilla de la Caridad
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Interactive map of Capilla de la Caridad
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Hospital chapel
Year consecrated 1807
Location
Location Montevideo, Uruguay
Interactive map of Capilla de la Caridad
Architecture
Style Neo-Classicism

Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo — The Charity Chapel (Spanish: Capilla de la Caridad), better known as Capilla del Hospital Maciel, is a Roman Catholic chapel in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

Overview

Run by the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is part of the Maciel Hospital.[2]

The images venerated are: Our Lady of Mercy (main altar), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Christ, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Eligius (patron saint of the metalworkers, who donated the image). The baptismal fonts are made of giant tridacna valves.[3]

In 1825 the Chapel was visited by Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, the future Pope Pius IX.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation "Capilla de la Caridad". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 31 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. Back to citation "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 "Research on the Charity Chapel" (PDF). SMU. Retrieved 7 May 2013. (in Spanish)

Bibliography

  • Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3rd Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, 2008, ISBN 978-9974-60026-3, p. 51, 132.

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