Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, Baroque Catholic church on Via Manzoni, Milan, Italy

San Francesco di Paola is a Catholic church on Via Manzoni in Milan, built from 1728 to a design by Marco Bianchi and consecrated on 22 September 1735. Its concave Baroque facade, completed in 1891 by Emilio Alemagna, has eight Corinthian pilasters and two terraces bearing statues of Faith and Hope. The interior has a single aisle with chamfered corners and a deep apse, a plan resembling a double bass.

The Minims obtained the church of Sant'Anastasia and its convent in 1675. In 1727 Marco Bianchi was commissioned to design a larger church, begun in 1728 and consecrated on 22 September 1735. The upper facade stayed bare brick until Emilio Alemagna completed it in 1891, funded by parishioners' subscriptions. The convent was suppressed in 1804.

The church keeps the ambrosian rite and is still the seat of the parish erected in 1787, later entrusted to the diocesan clergy after the convent was suppressed in 1804. Above the side doors are oval reliefs by Giuseppe Perego showing Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola, and the vault fresco of his Glory is by Carlo Maria Giudici.

The raised forecourt, reached by a few steps from Via Manzoni, was finished in 1739. The concave facade faces the street, and the bell tower with its five bells cast in 1949 stands behind the church on the right. The interior follows a single rectangular nave with cut corners opening into a deep apse.

Verdi's funeral was held here on 30 January 1901, not in the Duomo. The composer had died in Milan on 27 January; the church, elevated to a parish in 1787, was chosen for the ceremony before the burial at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti.