Chapel St. Severus

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Chapel St. Severus

A jewel of art and place full of mysteries, in the chapel of San Severo is the Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino masterpiece, a sculpture so unique and wonderful that diminishes the recount. Probably the most famous sculpture in the chapel. This is a Christ, lying on a mattress, his head supported by two pillows, whose body is covered (as in "Modesty") by a veil that adheres perfectly to the shape of the face and body so that it can be seen the wounds of martyrdom. The side you'll find tools el torment: the crown of thorns, a pair of pliers and nails one of which "pinches" the fabric with extraordinary lastico. Legend would like, but some researchers are unsure of what he had found evidence that the Sammartino will be limited to sculpt the body of Christ, which then, with the alchemical process known only to him, Raymond de Sangro would stretched a cloth fabric, treated by the chemical and "marbled". It should certainly view.

Other works in the chapel are the following:

Veiled purity
Only certain work by Antonio Corradini in 1751 and was commissioned in memory of Cecilia Gaetani d'Aragona, mother of Raymond de Sangro, who died prematurely at age 23, when Prince was not yet one year.
It represents a woman with the head and body completely covered with a veil that adheres to the shape, resting her hand on a broken tombstone, just to symbolize the young age of the deceased.
The choice of "modesty" as a virtue of his mother not known, perhaps by frame, by contrast, libertine behavior of his father Antonio.

Angels
By Paolo Persico, flanking the altar are of particular importance in the interpretation of the entire chapel as a "Masonic Temple".

The Pity
Situated above the main altar (by Francesco celebrations), surmounted by a dove from which radiate spokes, is the anonymous painting, dating back to '500, which gives name to the church.

The Enlightenment
Opposed to the "Veiled Modesty", dedicated to his mother, is the "Enlightenment", dedicated to his father Antonio (by Francesco Queirolo). It represents a man who unravels from one network to symbolize how, after a life of debauchery and harmful actions, his father has found the strength to leave ground for deception embrace the faith. One of the many legends that lurk on the Prince of Sansevero, would that even this network (as the veil of Christ) has been "marbled" with alchemical process secret.
During the 2nd World War, however, a German soldier, by an act of vandalism, would give a shot with his rifle butt to the network that would route proving that this is exclusively of marble.

Sincerity
By Francesco Queirolo, was dedicated (in life) to the wife of Raymond de Sangro, Carlotta Gaetani married by proxy in 1730, since he lived in Flanders, when this VeVa only 14 years (the couple knew each other, in fact, only six years after when finished wars that
place in Europe, Charlotte could reach Raimondo in Naples). It represents a woman holding a heart with one hand and the other a caduceus.

Anatomical Machines
Two bodies of a man and a woman, completely fleshless where you can view the entire circulatory system by larger vessels to smaller capillaries

The floor below the chapel is the laboratory of Prince Raymond de Sangro, discussed a man of mystery, and Alchemist.
The private chapel is located in street Francesco de Santis (Hours: Mon-Sat. 10-17.30) Admission 6 euro.