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Santa Maria Della Concezione Dei Cappuccini Church
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The first chapel has a dramatic altarpiece St. Michael the Archangel (c.1635) by Guido Reni, and Gherardo delle Notti's Christ Mocked. The second chapel has a Transfiguration by Mario Balassi, and a Nativity (c. 1632) by Lanfranco. The third chapel has a Saint Francis receives stigmata by Domenichino. The fourth chapel houses a Prayer in the Gesthemane (c. 1632) by Baccio Ciarpi. In the fifth chapel is a Saint Anthony by Sacchi, who also painted the Apparition the Virgin (1645) to Saint Bonaventure in the fifth chapel on the left. The tomb monument for Alexander Sobieski was sculpted by Rusconi. The third chapel has a Deposition by Andrea Camassei and a Stigmatization Saint Francis (c. 1570) by Girolamo Muziano. The second chapel has a Santa Felice da Catalice by Alessandro Turchi, while the first has a painting Saint Paul restores vision (c. 1631) by Pietro da Cortona.
Capuchin crypt and ossuary
The church is most famous as an ossuary, known as the Capuchin Crypt, in which is displayed the bones over 4,000 Capuchin friars, collected between the years 1528 and 1870. The bones are fashioned into decorative displays in the Baroque and Rococo style. The popularity the crypt as a tourist attraction once rivalled the Catacombs. The Sedlec ossuary (1870) in the Czech Republic is said to have been inspired from it.
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