San Luigi dei Francesi

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Church of St. Louis of the French
  • San Luigi dei Francesi (
    Andre Vingt-Trois
    Mgr Patrick Valdrini[1]

The Church of St. Louis of the French (

.

The church was designed by

History

When the

Antoine Dérizet
between 1749 and 1756.

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

Loreto. The foundation is governed by an "administrative deputy" named by the French Ambassador to the Holy See
.

Exterior

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Ceiling by Charles-Joseph Natoire

Interior

Contarelli (St. Matthew) Chapel

The Calling of St Matthew (on the left wall), The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (above the altar), and The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
(on the right wall).

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

.

Plan of the Church

Burials

The church was chosen as the burial place for a number of higher prelates and members of the French community of Rome:

Chateaubriand. The sculptor Pierre Le Gros the Younger is buried here in an unmarked grave.[13] The painter Antoniazzo Romano is buried here as well.[14]

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:

Notes

  1. ^ 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..
  2. ^ Les pieux établissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette (in French) Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Les églises françaises à Rome (Official website) Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Goyau, Georges. "Abbey of Farfa." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Stefan Grundmann, Ulrich Fürst, The Architecture of Rome: An Architectural History in 400 Individual Presentations (Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges, 1998), p. 180.
  8. ^ Armailhacq, p. 183.
  9. ^ Gietmann, Gerhard. "Giacomo della Porta." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ Arnaud (1892), pp. 59–61, listed twenty-seven burials.
  11. ^ He died in 1794. Only his heart is buried at S. Luigi. His remains were transferred to France: Armailhacq, p. 216.
  12. ^ Everett, Herbert E. "Antoniazzo Romano", American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 11, no. 3, 1907, pp. 279–306. JSTOR
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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).

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