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Sacro Volto Church

Sacro Volto Church, Catholic church in Milan, Italy.

The Sacro Volto Church is a brick church on via Sebenico in Milan's Isola district. Its facade has a single order of columns and pilasters, with a bas-relief of Christ's face from Veronica's veil above the door and statues of Saints Mary Magdalene and Veronica flanking a cross on top. The interior has three naves divided by ten marble columns, with an altar designed by Ottavio Cabiati.

The church was built in 1934 to mark the Holy Year of the Redemption proclaimed by Pope Pius XI for the 19th centenary of Christ's death and resurrection. Construction was promoted by the Patronato di Sant'Antonio, which cared for the children and people of the Isola district under don Eugenio Bussa. Cardinal Ildefonso Schuster consecrated it in 1936 and gave the Isola community Giuseppe Brunner's image of the Volto Santo, still on the main altar.

The church was a reference point for Ukrainian migrants, with Greek Catholic Mass celebrated every Sunday for years; the statue of Saint Josaphat Kuncewycz, patron of Ukraine, stood in the Chapel of Saint Joseph. The painting Regina sine labe originali concepta by Rino Ferrari, donated in 1964, hangs in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception.

The church stands at via Sebenico 31 in the Isola district, a short walk from Milano Porta Garibaldi station. Since 1 November 2015 it has belonged, with the parish of Santa Maria alla Fontana, to the Comunità Pastorale Maria Madre della Misericordia. Don Eugenio Bussa, the Isola's priest, is buried inside.

The altarpiece is a photograph of the Shroud of Turin by the Trentino artist Giuseppe Brunner, lit from within; Cardinal Ildefonso Schuster gave it to the people of the Isola district in 1936. Flanking the altar, niches hold the instruments of the Passion, among them the column of the flagellation and the cock of Peter's denial.

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