Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo
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The Charity Chapel ({{langx|es|Capilla de la Caridad}}), better known as Capilla del Hospital Maciel, is a Roman Catholic chapel in Montevideo, Uruguay.{{cite web |url=http://www.arquidiocesis.net/index.php?seccion=parroquias#zona1 |title=Capilla de la Caridad |publisher=Archdiocese of Montevideo |accessdate=31 March 2013 }} {{in lang|es}}
Overview
Run by the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is part of the Maciel Hospital.{{cite web |url=http://www.arquidiocesis.net/index.php?seccion=vidaConsagrada |title=Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay |publisher=Archdiocese of Montevideo |accessdate=31 March 2013 }} {{in lang|es}}
The images venerated are: Our Lady of Mercy (main altar), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Christ, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Eligius (patron saint of the metalworkers, who donated the image). The baptismal fonts are made of giant tridacna valves.{{cite web |url=http://www.smu.org.uy/publicaciones/libros/ejemplares_ii/art_74_lacapilla.pdf|title=Research on the Charity Chapel|accessdate=7 May 2013 |publisher=SMU}} {{in lang|es}}
In 1825 the Chapel was visited by Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, the future Pope Pius IX.
Bibliography
- Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3rd Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, 2008, {{ISBN|978-9974-60026-3}}, p. 51, 132.
References
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External links
{{commonscat|Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel}}
- [http://inventariociudadvieja.montevideo.gub.uy/padrones/2605b Padrón 2605B - Capilla de la Caridad - Hospital Maciel] {{in lang|es}}
{{Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo}}
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Category:Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo
Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Montevideo
Category:Neoclassical architecture in Uruguay
Category:Roman Catholic chapels in Uruguay
Category:National Historic Monuments of Uruguay
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