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Charles Borromeo (Italian: Carlo Borromeo; Latin: Carolus Borromeus; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat against the Protestant Reformation together with Ignatius of Loyola and Philip Neri .
Charles Borromeo ("San Carlo") The San Carlone or Sancarlone or the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo is a massive copper statue by Giovanni Battista Crespi, erected between 1614 and 1698, near Arona, Italy. It represents Charles Borromeo, a Catholic saint and former archbishop of Milan. According to sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi "The ...
Sacro Monte di Arona. Coordinates: 8°32′36″E. The Sacro Monte di Arona, devoted to Charles Borromeo, is part of the Sacri Monti built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is located in the territory of the town of Arona, province of Novara, region of Piedmont, Italy. Statue of Saint Charles. From the colossus: the church of Saint Charles.
Length. 20 m (66 ft) Width. 12 m (39 ft) Clergy. Cardinal protector. P. Pedro Aliaga Asensio. The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Saint Charles at the Four Fountains), also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first independent ...
The Path of Saint-Charles ( Cammino di San Carlo) is an historical, artistic and devotional route which follows the travels of saint Charles Borromeo from Arona, his native town, and Viverone, where the path joins the Via Francigena . The 200 km may be divided in twelve stages for walkers and in four stages for bikers.
The Quadroni of St. Charles are two cycles of paintings depicting the life and miracles of St. Charles Borromeo, the first Saint of the Counter-Reformation. These very large paintings ( quadroni ), approximately five by six metres each, are displayed each November in the Milan Cathedral in honor of St. Charles' name day on November 4.
San Carlo is the only church in Rome to have an ambulatory which contains the heart of Charles Borromeo, who was canonised on 1 November 1610 by Pope Paul V. It was donated to the church in 1614 by his cousin, Federico Borromeo. The 16th-century oratory of St. Ambrose is beyond the left transept.
The sanctuary is still today destination of pilgrimages, while the only ten chapels of the Sacro Monte realised are in poor conditions. The church of Saint Charles, that was designed to be the end of the Sacro Monte, contains the statue of Saint Charles Borromeo praying before the dead body of Jesus.