Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta

Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta or Santa Croce e di San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi is a church in Rome, sited on via dei Lucchesi in the Trevi district, between the Trevi Fountain and the Pontificia Università Gregoriana. It is Lucca's regional church in Rome.

Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta
Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Bonaventure at Piazza della Pilotta
Santa Croce e San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi
Chiesa di Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta
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41°53′59″N 12°29′04″E
Location	Via dei Lucchesi 3, Trevi, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Religious order	Sisters of Mary Reparatrix
History
Status	regional church
Dedication	Holy Cross and Bonaventure
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architectural type	Baroque
Completed	1575
Administration
Diocese	Rome

History

The church is on the site of a medieval church San Nicola de Portiis or San Nicola de Trivio, whose remains can be seen in the present church's crypt. That church had been given to the Capuchin fathers in 1575, who had rededicated it to saint Bonaventure. They moved to a new monastery on Piazza Barberini in 1631 and the church was granted to the Luccans by pope Urban VIII. There was already a small Luccan community in Rome, mainly made up of merchants. They demolished the old church in 1685 and built a new one in 1695 to designs by Mattia de Rossi and dedicated to the Most Holy Cross (Santissima Croce), after the cult of the 'Volto Santo', a piece of the True Cross venerated in Lucca Cathedral. It was restored in the course of the 19th century.

Bibliography

• M. Armellini, Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX, Roma 1891, p. 261
• C. Hülsen, Le Chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo, Firenze 1927, pp. 407–408
• F. Titi, Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma, Roma 1763, pp. 312–313
• C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, p. 82
• L. Pratesi, Rione II Trevi, in AA.VV, I rioni di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, Vol. I, pp. 131–201