San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome

San Giovanni della Pigna is a small Roman Catholic church located on Traversa Vicolo della Minerva in the rione Pigna of Rome, Italy. The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

San Giovanni della Pigna
Church of Saint John in Pigna
Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio
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41°53′50″N 12°28′41″E / 41.8973°N 12.4781°E / 41.8973; 12.4781
LocationTraversa Vicolo della Minerva, Pigna, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
Statustitular church
DedicationJohn the Baptist
Dedicated1624
Earlier dedicationPope Eleutherius and Genesius of Rome
Relics heldGenesius of Rome (partial relics)
Architecture
Functional statustitular church
Architect(s)Angelo Torroni
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking3rd century AD
Completed1624
Administration
DioceseRome

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Tombstone of Giuliano Porcari, 1282

Initially a church dedicated to Saints Eleuterio and Ginnasi Martyrs was located here. In ruinous state, it was granted by Pope Gregory XIII to the 'Archconfraternity of the Pietà verso il carcerati, led by the Jesuit Giovanni Talier. The lay organization made outreach to prisoners, including galley prisoners. Pope Sixtus V granted them the right to pardon one prisoner under the death sentence. In 1624, the church was refurbished under the designs of Angelo Torroni. The main altarpiece depicts St John the Baptist by Baldassare Croce; a Pieta by Luigi Garzi; and a Martyrdom of St Eleuterio by Giacomo Zoboli.[1]

 
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References

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  1. ^ Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma, Volume 1, by Ridolfino Venturini, published by Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1768); page 277.