The origins of this church located on Via Torino date back to the end of the XNUMXth century. At that time, in the place where the temple is located today, there was a small place of worship dedicated to Saint Satyrus, confessor and brothers of Saints Ambrosio and Marcelina. Next to the church itself there were cells that served as housing for the monks and a hospice for the pilgrims. However, the current building dates from the end of the XNUMXth century, built by order of Duke Galeazzo María Sforza. According to some sources the architect was Donato Bramante, although it seems that this was under the orders of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.
The current church was built precisely to house a miraculous icon. Tradition says that in the XNUMXth century an image of the Virgin was in the small medieval chapel. One night a thief entered it to steal, but first he wanted to destroy the image with a dagger. When he nailed it to the canvas, it started to bleed. The painting, dating from the XNUMXth century, is the one that can be seen today on the main altar of the church.
The church has a central nave and two other lateral ones covered with a barrel vault. The central one is crowned with a hemispherical dome. The interior was originally decorated in white, blue and gold, all very rich and ornate, and contained Carolingian frescoes from Borgognone from the 1480th century (today these paintings are in the Pinacoteca de Brera). The bell tower is precisely the oldest part of the temple, since it predates XNUMX, as is the annexed baptistery.
A church of great interest in the historic center of Milan, a masterpiece of the Renaissance Donato Bramante.
Image - Ripullula Il Frangente