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San Damiano is a church with a monastery near Assisi, Italy. Built in the 12th century, it was the first monastery of the Order of Saint Clare , where Saint Clare built her community. The church has a hut-shaped façade; the entrance is preceded by a short portico with three round arcades supported by brickwork pillars.
The San Damiano Cross is the large Romanesque rood cross before which St. Francis of Assisi was praying when he is said to have received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. It now hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare ( Basilica di Santa Chiara ) in Assisi , Italy, with a replica in its original position in the church of San ...
The church, known as "geseta de Sant'Anna", [1] is located on the site of a ninth century church dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian, itself attached to a monastery. [2] [3] During his pastoral visit in 1578, Charles Borromeo decided to demolish the building.
San Damiano became the centre of Clare's new religious order, which was known in her lifetime as the "Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano". San Damiano is traditionally considered the first house of this order; it may have been affiliated with an existing network of women's religious houses organised by Hugolino (who later became Pope Gregory IX).
Through the church one enters the 14th-century chapel which was once the church of Santa Maria a Camporena at the site. The dome was decorated with frescoes honoring the Franciscan order, including a St Clare hastening the flight of Saracens attacking San Damiano. The organ, dating to 1736, was made by Francesco Domenico Calcioli from Lucca.
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