Chiesa di Sant'Andrea degli Aromatari - Palermo

In this part of the district, once called Amalfitania because this is where the Amalfi traders lived, they built the church dedicated to Sant'Andrea, protector of Amalfi. The first evidence dates from 1264 in the Norman period, and as early as 1281 the church became a parish.

When the Amalfitans left Palermo, the church was administered first by the brotherhood of Sant'Andrea, founded in the early 14th century, and then by the "Aromatari" who maintain the church to this day.

On the gravestone of the communal grave we read: “No medicine stops death.” Over time, this part of the neighborhood would undergo a very steep decline until it became synonymous with brothels.
The noble College of Aromatari left many testimonies in the church, including a cloth still kept in their headquarters, commissioned by the "Zoppo di Gangi".

The church has now been deconsecrated.

Willem Vandenameele