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Altars

Interactive map of the Altars

Altars into the Cathedral

Interactive map of the Altars

  • Our Lady of Graces Altar ( - )
    Marble altarpiece (Giovan Battista Natali - second half 1600) Columns decorated in gilded wood (Giacomo Bertesi 1683) Altar frontal of the of the canteen “The Nativity of Mary” (Giacomo Bertesi late 1600) Fresco “Virgin dispenser of graces with Child “ Visage XIV century, Mantle XV century
  • Altar of St. Joseph ( - )
    or Altar of the Holy Family Wooden high - relief Giacomo Bertesi 1668
  • Altar of St. Anthony the Abbot (Angelo Nani - 1593-4)
    modified by Giovan Battista Natali - 1670; Altarpiece: “Madonna and Child with the Saints Anthony the Abbot, Paul the Hermit and, kneeling, the Pope from Cremona, Gregory XIV (Luca Cattapane - 1593)  
  • Altar of the Holy Thorn (Manfredini/Franzini - 1784-88)
    Behind the grate the relic of the Holy Sacred Thorn donated by Pope Gregory XIV. Central wall with reliquary urns (Giovanni Manfredini and Carlo Domenico Franzini - 1784-88). “Faith, Charity, Justice and Temperance” (Grazioso Rusca)  
  • Altar of St. Rocco ( - 1635-1645)
    Created as an ex voto after the plague of 1630. The polychrome statue of St. Rocco, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Bernardino of Siena (1630-45); 10 Canvases from Genovesino (1645 )  
  • Altar of St. Nicholas (Amigone / Frate Mabila - 1495)
    Enthroned Madonna and Child, St. Anne and Saints Nicola of Tolentino and Girolamo (Francesco Casella - 1510)
  • Altar of the Deposition ( - )
    Altarpiece “Deposition of Christ supported by the Virgin Mary and Saints Raimondo and Anthony of Padova” (Antonio Campi - 1566)
  • Altar of St. Michael the Archangel (Giulio Campi - 1566)
    The complex is the work of Giulio Campi with its canvas representing the archangel St. Michael (1566). Behind the altar: Fresco by Bonifacio Bembo.
  • Altar of St. Benedict (Angelo Nani - 1593-5)
    St. Benedict in glory, while blessing the city of Cremona (Giovanni Angelo Borroni 1744).
  • Altar of the Annunciation (Giovanni Battista Trotti - 1594)
    Built by G.B. Magnani / Giovanni Battista Trotti known as Il Malosso
  • Altar of the Crucifix (Angelo Nani / Carlo Natali - 1641)
    Wooden crucifix by Giacomo Bertesi (1687)
  • Altar of the Visitation (G.Manfredini - 1798)
    “The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth” (Gervasio Gatti, 1583) ; oval “St. Anne with the Virgin Mary as a child” (Sante Legnani, early 19th century)
  • Altar of St. Fermo (Angelo Nani / G.B. Natali - 1592-1676)
    “Crucifixion with Saints Fermo, Jerome, and Pope Gregorio XIV” (Luca Cattapane , 1593)
  • Altar of St. Eusebius (G.B. Natali - 1676)
    “Our Lady of Peace” ( 15th century ) fresco removed in 1622 and inserted in a frame supported by angels in stucco. “St. Eusebius resurrects the dead” wooden high relief (Alessandro Arrighi 1693 )
  • Altar of St. Catherine (G.B. Natali - 1679-1680)
    Altarpiece “Madonna with Child, Saints Philip and James and the donor Giacomo Schizzi” (the Pordenone 1522)
North transept | Altar of St. Michael

Behind the altarpiece of Campi

fourteenth-century frescoes

  • Altarpiece of St. Michael (Giulio Campi - 1566)
  • Coronation of the Virgin (Bonifacio Bembo - XIV century )
    Lower left, St. Homobonus, on the right St. Ivo (patron saint of notaries)
  • above St. Michael, the symbol of Temperantia (Temperance)
  • above the Saints the symbol of Humilitas (Humility)
  • St. Michael in the dual act of weighing souls and destroying evil.
  • Madonna and Child (Bonifacio Bembo - 14th century)
  • St. Aquilina (Bonifacio Bembo - 14th century)
  • St. Catherine of Alexandria (Bonifacio Bembo - 14th century)
  • St. Agatha (Bonifacio Bembo - 14th century)

Biblical scenes painted on the vaults