Santuario SS. Crocifisso presso il collegio Rosmini

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The church of SS. Crocifisso was commissioned by Rosmini. The design of the Church is by the architect Giacomo Moraglia (talented engineer at the service of Count Mellerio). The first stone of this church was placed on 2 June 1845 by the Archpriest of Stresa D. Melchiorre Dellara, delegate of Mons. Filippo Gentile, Bishop of Novara. The Church was blessed on 9 June 1847 by Mons. Pietro Scavini, Vicar General of the Diocese of Novara, and solemnly consecrated on 25 September 1851 by Mons. Filippo Gentile. In the Church the following works can be admired: The high altar, in Carrara marble, was designed by the arch. Giovanni Molli of Borgomanero, and performed by Thomas of Milan. The altarpiece of the high altar represents the Crucifixion, an excellent work executed in the Roman school of F. Owerbeck by his pupil Hyzler (Maltese). The Eternal Father is a fine fresco by the Milanese Barbini, who is also the author of the Cena which can be admired in the Refettorio del Convitto. The 5 statues in stucco represent the four saints of Lake Maggiore: S. Carlo Borromeo, S. Arialdo martyr, S. Caterina di Pallanza, the Blessed Albero Besozzi Eremita and san Pietro. They are the work of sculptor Prof. Francesco Somaini of Lugano. A sixth statue, the Blessed Contardo Ferrini, of Suna, by Luigi Fornaia, in 1955 took the place of the pulpit. The Monument to Antonio Rosmini, inaugurated in September 1859, is considered the masterpiece of the Ticino-born sculptor Vincenzo Vela, who died in 1891.