Church of Saint Anthony of the German
Oval Baroque sanctuary frescoed floor to ceiling, run for centuries by a brotherhood that rescued the dying from the streets at night.
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This guide to the Church of Saint Anthony of the German in Madrid follows the Hermandad del Refugio, a brotherhood founded in 1615 by a band of nobles and a Jesuit priest to carry the dying off the city's streets at night with a lantern, bread and medicine. It traces the building itself, raised by King Philip the Third as a hospital chapel, later reopened for Madrid's German Catholic community by Queen Mariana of Austria, before Philip the Fifth handed it to the brotherhood in 1702. Look up inside at the ceiling frescoes by court painter Luca Giordano and his rivals Carreno and Rizi.
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