Intragna (TI)

Chapel of the Name of the Holy Virgin Mary

Location, Object

Village of Intragna, municipality of Centovalli, Canton of Ticino; at the entrance to the Centovalli valley. Chapel of the Name of the Holy Virgin Mary (oratorio del Santissimo Nome di Maria), eastern annex to the 18th-c. church of St Gotthard (San Gottardo). Consecrated in 1474, partly dismantled in the 18th c.; interior with stucco decorations dating from 1642.

Emblems (3)

Context
Stuccoed arch between nave and chancel with three monochrome (camaieu) emblems with Latin mottoes, added during the renovations of the 1870s to replace the original paintings.

Authorship, Date
Anonymous, 1870s.

Significance
Glorification of the Virgin Mary as Immaculata, based on Apoc 12:1.

Source
Unidentified.

Literature
Kdm TI 4: 215–216; KF 2: 631; Anderes 1998: 208; KF 2: 631.

Intragna, church of San Gottardo, exterior with bell tower from south-east.

Intragna, church of San Gottardo with oratorio SS. Nome di Maria (annex, left).

Intragna, oratorio SS. Nome di Maria, view from entrance in the north-east.

Intragna, oratorio SS. Nome di Maria,
arch with stucco decorations and emblems (nos. 1–3).

**Intragna 1**
The moon.
LUNA SUB PEDIBUS EJUS [Apoc 12:1].

**Intragna 3**
The sun.
AMICTA SOLE [Apoc 12:1].

**Intragna 2**
A circle of stars.
IN CAPITE EIUS CORONA STELLARUM DUODECIM [Apoc 12:1].

Copyright note: Added 2012; revised 2026. All photos taken by the author, October 2012. Floor plan reproduced from Kdm TI 4: 208.