Chiesa di S. Filippo Neri

The Chiesa di S. Filippo Neri in San Severino Marche is a church that wears its long history quietly. Built in the thirteenth century as a Benedictine collegiate church and priory, its structural bones remain essentially those of the original medieval building. The church is not a free-standing monument but part of the urban fabric, tucked into the block at the south-west edge of Piazza del Popolo, along via Angelo Massarelli. Only two sides are fully exposed; the south façade, which is actually the left side of the nave, is set back from the street. This creates an awkward, trapezoidal open space shared with the adjoining oratory and another building. A short flight of three steps negotiates the sloping churchyard up to the main portal, which is housed within a semi-octagonal masonry enclosure. This bussola is punctured by two round windows with moulded frames and topped by a curved pediment bearing an iron cross. Behind it, a further volume, with a secondary entrance, hides the bulk of two side altars before the main nave wall, pierced high up by two rectangular windows.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.