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Santa Maria del Popolo is a notable Augustinian church located in 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 ....
. It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo

The Piazza del Popolo is a square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language literally means "piazza of the people", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name....
, one of the most famous squares of the city, between the ancient Porta Flaminia (one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls
Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls were city walls built between 271 and 275 in Rome during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus. They enclosed all seven hills of Rome plus the Campus Martius and, on the right bank of the Tiber, the Trastevere district....
 and the starting point of the Via Flaminia
Via Flaminia

The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum , and was the most important route to the north....
, the road to Ariminum (modern Rimini
Rimini

Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, near the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa ....
) and the most important route to the north of Ancient Rome) and the Pincio park.

In 1099, a chapel was built by Pope Paschal II
Pope Paschal II

Paschal II, born Ranierius, was Pope from August 13, 1099, until his death. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus Basilica di San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II on August 19, 1099....
 to Our Lady
Our Lady

As a general concept, Our Lady may refer to:*Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth*Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic teachings...
, over a tomb of the Domitia
Domitia

Domitia is the name of the women from the gens Domitius of Ancient Rome. The women from the gens include:* Domitia Corbula, eldest daughter of Roman General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and sister to Roman Empress Domitia Longina...
 family; since the people of Rome funded the building, the chapel received the name del Popolo ("of the people").






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Santa Maria del Popolo is a notable Augustinian church located in 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 ....
. It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo

The Piazza del Popolo is a square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language literally means "piazza of the people", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name....
, one of the most famous squares of the city, between the ancient Porta Flaminia (one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls
Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls were city walls built between 271 and 275 in Rome during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus. They enclosed all seven hills of Rome plus the Campus Martius and, on the right bank of the Tiber, the Trastevere district....
 and the starting point of the Via Flaminia
Via Flaminia

The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum , and was the most important route to the north....
, the road to Ariminum (modern Rimini
Rimini

Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, near the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa ....
) and the most important route to the north of Ancient Rome) and the Pincio park.

In 1099, a chapel was built by Pope Paschal II
Pope Paschal II

Paschal II, born Ranierius, was Pope from August 13, 1099, until his death. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus Basilica di San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II on August 19, 1099....
 to Our Lady
Our Lady

As a general concept, Our Lady may refer to:*Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth*Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic teachings...
, over a tomb of the Domitia
Domitia

Domitia is the name of the women from the gens Domitius of Ancient Rome. The women from the gens include:* Domitia Corbula, eldest daughter of Roman General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and sister to Roman Empress Domitia Longina...
 family; since the people of Rome funded the building, the chapel received the name del Popolo ("of the people"). Other sources state that the "popolo" nickname stems from the Latin word populus, meaning "poplar
Poplar

Populus is a genus of between 25?35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere....
" and probably referring to a tree located nearby. The chapel became a church by will of Pope Gregory IX
Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was pope from March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241.The successor of Pope Honorius III , he fully inherited the traditions of Pope Gregory VII and of his uncle Pope Innocent III , and zealously continued their policy of Papal supremacy....
, and given to the Augustinians, who held it until now, in the first half of 13th century.

Santa Maria del Popolo was reconstructed by Baccio Pontelli
Baccio Pontelli

Baccio Pontelli was an Italy architect. Baccio is an abbreviation of Bartolomeo.Pontelli was born in Florence. Passing the phase of artistic formation with Giuliano da Maiano and Benedetto da Maiano in Florence, and influenced by Francesco di Giorgio Martini during the trip to Urbino , he was an in-layer in Florence and later in Urbino....
 and Andrea Bregno
Andrea Bregno

Andrea di Cristoforo Bregno was a Lombardy sculptor and architect of the Early Renaissance who worked in Rome from the 1460s and died just as the High Renaissance was getting under way....
 in 1472-1477, commissioned by the association of the Lombards of Rome, creating an excellent example of Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, in which there was a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome thought and material culture....
. In 1655-60 the facade was modified by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculpture and architect of 17th Century Rome....
, who was asked by Pope Alexander VII
Pope Alexander VII

Pope Alexander VII , born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from April 7, 1655, until his death....
 to update the Renaissance church to a more modern Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
 style.

The church contains not only the Cerasi Chapel
Cerasi Chapel

The Cerasi Chapel is one of five chapels located within the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains important paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, two of the founders of Baroque art, all dating from 1600 or 1601....
 canvases of Caravaggio
Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, was an Italian people artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610, considered the first great representative of the Baroque school of painting....
 (Crucifixion of St. Peter
Crucifixion of St. Peter (Caravaggio)

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter is a work by Caravaggio, painted for the Cerasi Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio work depicting the Conversion on the Way to Damascus ....
 and Conversion on the Way to Damascus
Conversion on the Way to Damascus

The Conversion on the Way to Damascus is a masterpiece by Caravaggio, painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in Rome....
) and an Assumption of the Virgin
Assumption of the Virgin (Carracci)

The Assumption of the Virgin is the name of two paintings by the Italy Baroque painter Annibale Carracci, with the subject of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary....
 by Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque Painting....
, but also frescoes by Pinturicchio
Pinturicchio

Bernardino di Betto, called Pintoricchio or Pinturicchio was an Italy Painting of the Renaissance.He was born in Perugia, the son of Benedetto or Betto di Blagio....
, sculptures by Andrea Bregno
Andrea Bregno

Andrea di Cristoforo Bregno was a Lombardy sculptor and architect of the Early Renaissance who worked in Rome from the 1460s and died just as the High Renaissance was getting under way....
 and Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculpture and architect of 17th Century Rome....
 (Habakkuk
Habakkuk

Habakkuk or Havakuk was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of the name of Habakkuk is not clear. The name is possibly related to the Akkadian language khabbaququ, the name of a fragrant plant, or the Hebrew root ???, meaning "embrace"....
 and the Angel and Daniel and the Lion). The Chigi Chapel
Chigi Chapel

The Chigi Chapel is one of six chapels in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Piazza del Popolo, Rome. The Chigi chapel, the second on the left-hand side of the nave, was designed by Raphael as a private chapel for his friend and patron Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, then completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini more than a century after Raphael...
, the private chapel of banker Agostino Chigi
Agostino Chigi

Agostino Andrea Chigi was an Italy banker and patron of the Renaissance.Born in Siena, he was the son of the prominent banker Mariano Chigi, a member of an ancient and illustrious house....
, was designed by Raffaello Sanzio. The dome is decorated with Raphael's mosaics Creation of the World
Creation of the World (Raphael)

Creation of the World is a mosaic in the dome of the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, designed by Raphael.The Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo was designed by Raphael for his friend and patron, banker Agostino Chigi as a private chapel and family burial place....
.

After Bernini's intervention, the church became a favourite site of burials of rich people of the city. Among the others, the banker Agostino Chigi
Agostino Chigi

Agostino Andrea Chigi was an Italy banker and patron of the Renaissance.Born in Siena, he was the son of the prominent banker Mariano Chigi, a member of an ancient and illustrious house....
 and the Cardinal Savo Millini have their tombs here.

Hyacinthe Thiandoum
Hyacinthe Thiandoum

Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum was Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar .Born 1921 in Poponguine, Senegal, his father was a catechist. After finishing his secondary studies, he entered the regional seminary of Dakar and was ordained a priest on April 18, 1949, did parish work for two years and then went to Rome for further study at the Pontifical G...
 held as Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Mariae de Populo until his death in 2004. On 24 March 2006, 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....
 elevated Stanislaw Dziwisz to the position.

Burials

  • Giovanni Battista Gisleni
    Giovanni Battista Gisleni

    Giovanni Battista Gisleni born 1600 in Rome, died 3 May 1672 in Rome, Italian Baroque architect, stage designer, theater director, singer, and musician at the court of three Polish kings of the Vasa dynasty: Zygmunt III Waza, Wladyslaw IV Waza and Jan II Kazimierz in years1630-1668....
  • Agostino Chigi
    Agostino Chigi

    Agostino Andrea Chigi was an Italy banker and patron of the Renaissance.Born in Siena, he was the son of the prominent banker Mariano Chigi, a member of an ancient and illustrious house....
  • Sigismondo Chigi
  • Maria Flaminia Odescalchi Chigi
  • Ferry de Clugny
    Ferry de Clugny

    Ferry de Clugny, Cardinal and Bishop of Tournai was a highly-placed statesman and ecclesiastic in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy.He was born at Autun, Burgundy, of a distinguished house that produced the marquises of Montlyon and Raigny....


Image gallery


External links

  • , Australian National University
  • , at "Rome Art Lover"
  • Further Images and Links of Santa Maria del Popolo
  • , virtual tour with map and compass effect by Tolomeus