Church of Saint Mary 'al Paradiso'

Small 16th century church kept very well. Partially restored, frescoes and stuccos. The historical stone set in the center of the church floor is significant. The history of this stone with a metal millstone wheel from the year 51 when S. Barnaba came to Milan is interesting. Hence the party called "tredesin de marz".

Baroque church of the end of the sixteenth century built according to the Borromeo instructions of the Counter-Reformation. At the center of the single nave is the Celtic stone with the 13 rays (probably a lunar calendar) Christianized by San Barnaba, which I use as a support base for his cross on March 13 of 51 d. C. Today is the stone of the festival of tredesin de marz. It was once in the Ambrosian basilica of San Dionigi that the wickedness of the Milanese condemned to oblivion

The church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, located in the historic center of Milan, was built in the late 1500s, and was originally a conventual church of the friars of the Third Regular Order of San Francesco. In 1783 the Servites arrived in Santa Maria del Paradiso who brought with them the Santa Lucia attributed to Francesco Fabbrica and placed in the second chapel on the left and the stone, placed in the center of the nave, where San Barnaba planted the cross when he came to Milan to announce Christianity. In 1827 the Milanese organ builder Antonio Brunelli installed his mechanical transmission instrument in the church: the instrument is still preserved today. In 1897 the facade was built, while in 1962 the church was elevated into a parish. The interior of the church has a single nave covered by a barrel vault with four chapels on each side. An important restoration is currently underway on all the frescoes in the chapels, but visiting it is okay.

Here is the circular stone, in which the wooden cross was fixed, of San Barnaba, when, on March 13, he began his preaching in Milan ... It is set in the floor. Rock of Faith

Beautiful interiors, very good priests, recommended on Sundays at 19.30 for late risers

simple church It is a simple church near the Roman gate. It is already within the restricted traffic zone, but we have the Crocetta metro or the Salasco car park. It is a good start to visit the South of Milan

I state that I am not a practicing Catholic of those who go to mass at least once a week ... I must say, however, that going to mass (mostly for my 6-month-old baby) I felt a little astonishment in listening to the very kind, affable, engaging and truly prepared parish priest with a truly impressive cultural background. If the parish priests I met had all been like him, I probably would have been much more regular in going to mass (for the rest I don't think I'm in bad Christianity).

The curiosity to see an ancient stone set in the floor of the nave, known to the Milanese as "Tredesin de mars" (The Thirteenth of March), which marks the arrival of Spring, brought me here, I must confess. It is actually a two-thousand-year legacy that originates from the Celtic festival of flowers. The festival is connected to the enigmatic stone, which is made up of two parts, the most interesting of which is a wheel with 13 spokes (lunations?), Known as the "Pietra del Tredesin de Mars", found in the cemetery of Porta Orientale near S. Dionigi (today Porta Venezia). It must have been a tombstone, because the hole in the stone is called in the East "door of liberation", through which the soul of the deceased passes. The stone entered the Christian cult thanks to the association with the hagiography of St. Barnabas and with the feast of the "Tredesin de mars". It would have been the saint to stick a cross in the hole, in 51 d. C., and to bring Christian worship to the city. A large wooden cross is still stuck in the hole and in front of the slab there is the simulacrum of an altar on which there is the statue of St. Barnabas; an inscription on the front of the artifact tells the story. It strikes the floor of this church, with geometric and floral elements in bright colors. The church is very well kept; on the outside a panel informs that it was founded in 1590 as a convent church of the Franciscan Tertiaries, based on a project by Martino Bassi. The facade is incorporated between buildings and overlooks the busy Corso di Porta Vigentina. To better appreciate it, you have to go to the other side of the road. The facade has three portals with a large central oculus; it dates back to 1896 on a project by Ernesto Pirovano and is embellished by two reliefs placed above the side portals (Wedding of the Virgin and Nativity). The internal layout is affected by the provisions issued by the Council of Trent; it has a single nave with side chapels, a semicircular apse and a barrel vault. In 1783 the Franciscans were replaced by the Servites. The interior houses a wooden choir from the end of the sixteenth century as well as paintings and frescoes from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Lombardy. Each chapel is provided, on the balustrade, with information on the author / author of the works and the relative dates. The opening hours indicated on various portals are not correct: at 4.15 pm on Sunday it was closed but soon after it was opened, to the delight of several waiting people. It was precisely March 13!