The Oratorio dell’Annunziata was built in the 14th Century and was once the home of the Brotherhood of Death who handled the burial of all the city’s poorest folk and particularly worshipped the Holy Cross. The Queen of Naples, Isabella of Aragon, who was in exile in Ferrara at the time, donated a relic piece of the invaluable cross. The Oratory was completely decorated with frescoes depicting the history of the Holy Cross by various Ferrarese artists. Camillo and Cesare Filippi, Niccolò Roselli and Giovan Francesco Surchi, known as ‘il Dielaì’, were responsible for these works.
