Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia

Church of Saint Alexander of Bergamo in Zebedia (Church of Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia)
Façade of the church.
Basic information
Location	Milan, Italy
Geographic coordinates	Coordinates: 45°27′39″N 9°11′13″E / 45.460938°N 9.186896°E
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Milan
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	National monument
Status	Active
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Francesco Maria Richino Lorenzo Binago
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1601

The church in a mid nineteenth-century print

Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia is a church in Milan, Italy.

History

The original church was built by the Barnabite order in the 9th century, on the ruins of the Pretorium which tradition holds was the prison that held the martyred Sant'Alessandro.

Its construction for the Barnabite order began in 1601 to a design by Lorenzo Binago, Francesco Maria Richini also contributing to the project. It comprises a principal building on the Greek cross plan with a central dome, and a separate presbytery which also has a dome. The façade, with decorations in bas-relief, has two campaniles.

The interior includes works by important Lombard Baroque artists including Camillo Procaccini (an Assumption, a Nativity and a Crucifixion) and Daniele Crespi (a Flagellation). There is also an altarpiece in the first chapel on the right by Ossana.^[1]

Notes

1. Portal del Turismo della Città di Milano. Entry on the church.