Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo
The Charity Chapel, better known as Capilla del Hospital Maciel, is a Roman Catholic chapel in Montevideo, Uruguay.Overview
Run by the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is part of the Maciel Hospital.
The images venerated are: Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Christ, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Eligius. The baptismal fonts are made of giant tridacna valves.
In 1825 the Chapel was visited by Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, the future Pope Pius IX.
