Corpus Domini, Ferrara
Facade of the monastery
Tombstone of Alfonso I, Lucrezia Borgia and some of their children
The Corpus Domini Monastery is a monastery at 4 via Pergolato in Ferrara. Its public church was decorated in the late-Baroque period. On its high altar is Communion of the Apostles by Giambettino Cignaroli (1768), whilst the church's ceiling fresco Glory of Saint Catherina Vegri is by Giuseppe Ghedini (1770–1773).
Notable burials
The church is the burial-place for several members of the House of Este:
- Leonello d'Este
- Eleanor of Naples
- Niccolò III d'Este
- Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo
- Ercole I d'Este
- Sigismondo d'Este
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- Giulio d'Este
- Ferrante d'Este
- Ercole II d'Este
- Eleonora d'Este
- Lucrezia Borgia
- Lucrezia de' Medici
- Alfonso II d'Este
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Coordinates: 44°49′56″N 11°37′36″E / 44.8323°N 11.6267°E
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