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Chiesa del Santuccio Siena
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The church, which was part of the former Augustinian female monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, was built in 1352 and then rebuilt in 1577 by the noble Sienese architect Annibale Bichi. The name “Santuccio” derives from the fact that the major benefactors were members of the noble Sienese Santucci family.
Originally, the nuns of Santuccio lived on alms, from the processing of silkworms, cultivated the vineyard located behind the convent and received dowries from girls from rich families who, welcomed into the convent, decided to take vows.
On the high altar you can see the large canvas with the Madonna, Child and Saints begun by Francesco Vanni in 1610, then continued by Ventura Salimbeni and completed by Sebastiano Folli in 1614.
The two works on the sides of the altar, the canvas with Saint Cecilia playing the organ dating back to the first quarter of the seventeenth century and attributed to Antonio Buonfigli and the fresco with the Concert of Angels signed by Ventura Salimbeni and dated 1612, recall the passion for music of the young Augustinian nuns of Santuccio who played and loved to dedicate themselves to singing.
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