Sant'Ignazio

Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Carlo Maderno (Italian architect, ca. 1556 - 1629)

Orazio Grassi (Italian architect, 1583-1654)

J. J. Olivier

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Piazza S. Ignazio

Italy

1626-1694 (creation)

17th century

perspective of the main façade

plan of the church and college, exterior perspectives

plans

Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio is a Baroque church in Rome. It was built in 1626 and dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, who had just been canonized. It was the church of the adjacent Collegio Romano, now moved to another location. The architectural design is generally indebted to Carlo Maderno, and was executed by the Jesuit Orazio Grassi. The church has a Latin cross plan with numerous side chapels: the rich decoration include stuccoes, precious marbles and gilt areas. It was consecrated in 1642, but not finished until ca. 1694.

line drawings (drawings)

Architectural Documentation

churches

religious buildings

illustrations

plans

Baroque

Italian

architectural exteriors

architectural interiors

saints

Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556

Letarouilly, Paul Marie. Edifices de Rome Moderne. Paris: A. Morel, 1868, 173.

Public Domain

Maderno, Carlo

Grassi, Orazio