San Luigi dei Francesi
Church of St. Louis of the French | |
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The Church of St. Louis of the French (
The church was designed by
History
When the
The foundation Pieux Etablissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette is responsible for the five French churches in Rome and apartment buildings in Rome and in
Exterior
Interior
Contarelli (St. Matthew) Chapel
Polet Chapel
The Polet Chapel contains frescoes by Domenichino portraying the Histories of Saint Cecilia.
Other works
Other works in the church include pieces by
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The Calling of St. Matthew
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Interior
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Merklin organ
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Polet Chapel
Burials
The church was chosen as the burial place for a number of higher prelates and members of the French community of Rome:
The inscriptions found in San Luigi dei Francesi, a valuable source illustrating the history of the church, have been collected and published by Vincenzo Forcella.[15]
Ospizio San Luigi dei Francesi
Adjacent to the church is the late-Baroque Ospizio San Luigi dei Francesi. It was built in 1709–1716 as a place to stay for the French religious community and pilgrims without resources.[16] Its porch has a bust of Christ whose face is traditionally identified as Cesare Borgia's. The interior houses a gallery with portraits of the French kings and a notable Music Hall.
Cardinal-Priests of S. Luigi dei Francesi
The Church of S. Louis was designated as a cardinalatial titulus on 7 June 1967, by Pope Paul VI.[17] Its titulars have to date all been archbishops of Paris:
- Pierre Veuillot (29 June 1967 – 14 February 1968)
- François Marty (30 April 1969 – 16 February 1994)
- Jean-Marie Lustiger (26 November 1994 – 5 August 2007)
- André Armand Vingt-Trois(24 November 2007 – Present)
Notes
- ^ Ambassade de France près le Saint-Siège, Saint-Louis des Français "Ambassade de France près le Saint-Siège | Saint-Louis des Français". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2009..
- ^ Les pieux établissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette (in French) Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Les églises françaises à Rome (Official website) Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ His resignation as Archbishop of Paris was accepted by Pope Francis on 7 December 2017. "Rinunce e nomine, 07.12.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Goyau, Georges. "Abbey of Farfa." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ISBN 978-90-04-10704-5
- ^ Lesellier, J. (1931), Jean de Chenevières, sculpteur et architecte de l'église Saint-Louis-des-Français à Rome, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 48 (48), pp. 233–67.
- ^ Stefan Grundmann, Ulrich Fürst, The Architecture of Rome: An Architectural History in 400 Individual Presentations (Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges, 1998), p. 180.
- ^ Armailhacq, p. 183.
- ^ Gietmann, Gerhard. "Giacomo della Porta." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Arnaud (1892), pp. 59–61, listed twenty-seven burials.
- ^ He died in 1794. Only his heart is buried at S. Luigi. His remains were transferred to France: Armailhacq, p. 216.
- ISBN 0-9529925-0-7
- ^ Everett, Herbert E. "Antoniazzo Romano", American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 11, no. 3, 1907, pp. 279–306. JSTOR
- ^ V. Forcella, Inscrizioni delle chese e d' altre edifici di Roma, dal secolo XI fino al secolo XVI Volume III (Roma: Fratelli Bencini, 1873), pp. 1–103.
- ^ Arnaud, pp. 44–48, gives the early history of the Hospice, which began through the action of Jacques Bugnet, Archdeacon of Chartres and Doctor in utroque iure, in 1480.
- ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy:San Luigi dei Francesi. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
Sources
- Patrizia Tosini, Natalia Gozzano (editors), La Cappella Contarelli in San Luigi dei Francesi (Roma: Gangemi Editore, 2012).
- Calogero Bellanca, Oliva Muratore, O. Muratore, Una didattica per il restauro II: esperienze a San Luigi dei Francesi e San Nicola dei Lorenesi (Firenze: Alinea, 2009).
- Sebastiano Roberto, San Luigi dei Francesi: la fabbrica di una chiesa nazionale nella Roma del '500 (Roma: Gangemi, 2005).
- Claudio Rendina, Enciclopedia di Roma. Newton Compton, Rome, 1999.
- Francesco Quinterio, Franco Borsi, Luciano Tubello, Il palazzo dei senatori a San Luigi de' Francesi (Roma: Editalia, 1990).
- Albert Armailhacq, L' église nationale de Saint Louis des Français a Rome: notes historiques et descriptives (Rome: Philip Cuggiani 1894).
- Jean Arnaud, Mémoire historique sur les Institutions de la France à Rome, 2nd edition (Rome: Editrice Romana 1892).
External links
- Official website of the Diocese of Rome, Chiesa Rettoria San Luigi dei Francesi in Campo Marzio
- Official website of the Church
- San Luigi dei Francesi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Media related to San Luigi dei Francesi (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons