Santa Maria del Suffragio

Santa Maria del Suffragio traces its origin to 1577, when Archbishop Carlo Borromeo ordered a new parish in the rural village of Calvairate, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente. By 1873, the area had been annexed to Milan and the church was in such poor condition—“cadente e quasi inutilizzabile”—that it could not serve the growing number of faithful. After a further thirty-two years, Archbishop Andrea Carlo Ferrari chose to build a new church in 1896, and on 31 October 1896 he dedicated it—this time under the title Santa Maria del Suffragio. What you meet on corso XXII Marzo reflects that later renewal. The main façade has alternating pale stone blocks and red-brick inserts, with three ogival portals and mosaic lunette beneath. …

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