The Church and Convent of San Francesco is a Catholic place of worship located in Treviso.
In the early 13th century, the municipality of Treviso issued statutes that allowed mendicant orders to settle within the walls. A small group of friars minor, sent by Francis of Assisi himself, thus arrived in Treviso in 1216, and took up residence north-east of the city centre, in the area beyond the Cagnan Grande. In this area, which tradition says was granted to them by the Da Camino family, the Franciscans built a simple convent and a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
The community soon became large and in 1231 the church and convent began to be built. The municipality donated the sum of one thousand lire for the works. Construction was completed in 1270. An important role in the endowment of the convent was played by Gherardo da Camino, perhaps as an act of reparation for the killing of Giacomo Casale, bishop of Feltre and friar minor, which occurred in 1298.
The major families of Treviso had their own chapel in this church: in addition to the grandiose ark of the da Camino, we can remember the disappeared tombs of the Bonaparte, the Brandolini, the Coderta, the Rovèr, the Rinaldi, the Sugana, the Calandri families.
Being a church of regulars, in 1797 the church was occupied by the French and the conventual friars minor were expelled. In 1806 the convent was suppressed by the laws of the Kingdom of Italy. The church was thus used for military purposes and as a stable, while the two large cloisters were demolished.
Only in 1928, after a restoration, was it reopened. The church, owned by the Municipality of Treviso, was once again entrusted to the pastoral animation of the Conventual Franciscan friars. It is not a parish church, as it is included in the territory of Santa Maria Maddalena.
Church and Convent of San Francesco
Address: Viale S. Antonio da Padova, 2, 31100
Phone: +390422412373
Site:
https://www.fratitreviso.it/Location inserted by
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