Pio Monte della Misericordia

The Pio Monte della Misericordia is a church in the historic centre of Naples, southern Italy. It is famous for its art works, including Caravaggio's The Seven Works of Mercy. A charity brotherhood (called Pio Monte della Misericordia, meaning 'Pious Mount of Mercy') was founded in August 1601 by seven young nobles, who met every Friday at the Hospital for Incurables and ministered to the sick. In 1602, they established an institution and commissioned a small church, built by Giovanni Giacomo Di Conforto, near the staircase leading to the Cathedral, on the corner of the Via dei Tribunali and the Vico, and Vicoletto, of Zuroli. In 1605, they received an.