Where Serpotta indulged inspired by the theme of death. It is a jewel overflowing with Giacomo Serpotta’s stucco work. Only here, in the church of Sant’Orsola dei Negri (from the black robes of the confreres), the “master of white” did not sculpt joyful putti, but expressed himself magnificently in a repertoire related to death. The pious burial of the neighborhood’s dead and
the office of suffrage masses were, in fact, the occupations of the Company of St. Ursula, which built the church in 1662. It was precisely the questing to have masses celebrated that sparked a long diatribe with the “Miseremini” of St. Matthew’s, which ended with a ruling granting both the right to do so, but at different times. Inside, valuable works by Pietro Novelli, Gaspare Serenario and Zoppo di Gangi can be admired.
