The Chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti (Ognissanti) is a Franciscan church in central Florence, originally founded by the Umiliati religious order and dedicated to all saints and martyrs. Built first in the 1250s, it was largely rebuilt in Baroque style in the early 17th century—its 1637 façade by Matteo Nigetti preserves a glazed terracotta lunette attributed to Benedetto Buglioni, while a nearby tower retains its 13th–14th-century construction. The interior was remodeled with a pietre dure (marble inlay) high altar and a painted vaulted ceiling; despite Baroque changes, important 15th-century frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli survive in the nave, and the refectory houses Ghirlandaio’s Last Supper.
Ognissanti accumulated significant art under the Umiliati—works once included a Giotto Madonna and Child for the high altar and a crucifix recently attributed to Giotto in the left transept—and later received Franciscan relics such as a robe of St. Francis. The church is the burial site of Sandro Botticelli and contains the Vespucci chapel with Ghirlandaio’s Madonna della Misericordia (thought to include a young Amerigo Vespucci). Notable movable works include a wooden crucifix by Veit Stoss over the sacristy door.
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