Oratorio di San Rocco, Siena

The Oratory of San Rocco is a small Roman Catholic prayer hall or independently standing chapel, located on via Vallerozzi in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Oratorio di San Rocco
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Location
Geographic coordinates
Architecture
StyleRenaissance

History

The oratory was initially built by the Confraternity of San Rocco in 1511.[1] The simple two story building has been the property of the Contrada della Lupa, a ward in north Siena, since 1789. The brick façade has an oculus with a 16th-century statue of St Roch, and a travertine marble tympanum.

The interior and the apse are frescoed in the 17th century. The chapel of San Rocco has a 16th-century polychrome terracotta statue of its namesake, and is decorated by frescoes on the Life of St Roch by Crescenzio Gambarelli and Rutilio Manetti. The baptismal font was designed by Giovanni Barsacchi, and is decorated with a she-wolf (Lupa) emblem (1962) by Emilio Montagnani.[2]

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References
  1. Raju, A. (2014). The Via Francigena Canterbury to Rome – Part 2: The Great St Bernard Pass to Rome. Cicerone Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-78362-012-8. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. Contrada della Luppa, entry on the oratory.

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