San Salvatore in Lauro

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San Salvatore in Lauro

San Salvatore in Lauro (St. Salvatore at the Laurels) is a Catholic church in central Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, found in the rione Ponte

Ponte (rione of Rome)

Ponte is the fifth Rioni of Rome of Rome. Its name comes after Ponte Sant'Angelo, which connects Ponte with the rione of Borgo . This Bridge was built by Emperor Adrianus to connect his Castel Sant'Angelo to the rest of the city....
. The current Cardinal-Protector is Angelo Cardinal Comastri.

The first church at the site dates to the 11th century; while the present building was constructed in the 16th century on designs of the Bolognese Ottaviano Mascherino.

The main altarpiece and cupola are painted by Ludovico Rusconi Sassi

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi was an Italy architect of the Rococo period....
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San Salvatore in Lauro (St. Salvatore at the Laurels) is a Catholic church in central Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, found in the rione Ponte

Ponte (rione of Rome)

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi was an Italy architect of the Rococo period....
. In the chapels are works of art by Antoniazzo Romano

Antoniazzo Romano

Antoniazzo Romano, born Antonio di Benedetto Aquilo degli Aquili was an Italy Renaissance painter, the leading figure of the Roman school during the 15th century....
, Camillo Rusconi

Camillo Rusconi

Camillo Rusconi was an Italy sculptor of the late Baroque in Rome. His style displays both features of Baroque and Neoclassicism. He has been described as a Carlo Maratta in marble....
, François Duquesnoy

François Duquesnoy

Fran?ois Duquesnoy was a prominent Baroque sculptor in Rome. His more idealized representations are often contrasted with the emotional character of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's works, while his style shows greater affinity to Alessandro Algardi's sculptures....
, Alessandro Turchi

Alessandro Turchi

Alessandro Turchi was an Italy painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname L'Obetto....
and a Nativity by Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berrettini was an Italian artist and architect of High Baroque. He is best known for painting fresco ceilings, a pursuit in which he had ample competition in the Rome of his day, but he was equally adept and masterful with architectural design....
. The refectory has a series of Mannerist

Mannerism

Mannerism is a Art periods of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but continued into the seventeenth century throughout much of Europe....
frescoes (1550) by Francesco Salviati

Francesco de' Rossi (Il Salviati)

Francesco de' Rossi was an italy Mannerism painter from Florence, also active in Rome. He is known by many names, prominently the adopted name Francesco Salviati or as Il Salviati, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati....
(1550), and contains the 15th century tomb of Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV , born Gabriele Condulmer, was Pope from March 3, 1431, to his death....
, transferred here from the Old Saint Peter's Basilica

Old Saint Peter's Basilica

Old Saint Peter's Basilica was the building that once stood on the spot where the Basilica of Saint Peter stands today in Rome. The name Old Saint Peter's Basilica has been used since the construction of the current basilica to distinguish the two buildings....
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The titular church was first established in 1587 as a Cardinal-Priest title but was suppressed in 1670. In the consistory of 24 November 2007 Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI is the List of popes and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, monarch of the Vatican City....
restored the church as a Cardinal Deaconry.

List of Cardinal Protectors

Scipione Cardinal Lancellotti (20 Apr 1587 - 2 Jun 1598)
Luca Antonio Cardinal Virili (17 Dec 1629 - 4 Jun 1634 )
Ciriaco Cardinal Rocci (13 Aug 1635 - 25 Sep 1651 )
Pietro Vito Cardinal Ottoboni (19 Feb 1652 - 15 Nov 1660)
Angelo Cardinal Comastri (24 Nov 2007 - )