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San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome

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name	San Giovanni della Pigna
fullname	Church of Saint John in Pigna
native_name	Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio
native_name_lang	it
image	Église San Giovanni Pigna - Rome (IT62) - 2021-08-30 - 2.jpg
caption	Façade
mapframe	yes
mapframe-caption	Click on the map for a fullscreen view
mapframe-zoom	12
mapframe-marker	religious-christian
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location	Traversa Vicolo della Minerva, Pigna, Rome
country	Italy
language(s)	Italian
denomination	Catholic
tradition	Roman Rite
former name
status	titular church
dedication	John the Baptist
dedicated date	1624
earlydedication	Pope Eleutherius and Genesius of Rome
relics	Genesius of Rome (partial relics)
functional status	titular church
architect	Angelo Torroni
style	Baroque
groundbreaking	3rd century AD
completed date	1624
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diocese	Rome

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San Giovanni della Pigna is a small Roman Catholic church located on Traversa Vicolo della Minerva in the rione Pigna of Rome, Italy. The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

Description

Initially a church dedicated to Saints Eleuterio and Ginnasi Martyrs was located here. In ruinous state, it was granted by Pope Gregory XIII to the 'Archconfraternity of the Pietà verso il carcerati, led by the Jesuit Giovanni Talier. The lay organization made outreach to prisoners, including galley prisoners. Pope Sixtus V granted them the right to pardon one prisoner under the death sentence. In 1624, the church was refurbished under the designs of Angelo Torroni. The main altarpiece depicts St John the Baptist by Baldassare Croce; a Pieta by Luigi Garzi; and a Martyrdom of St Eleuterio by Giacomo Zoboli.

List of Cardinal Deacons

Francis Arinze (1985 - 2005)
Raffaele Farina, SDB (2007 - )

References

[https://books.google.com/books?id=7uZaAAAAcAAJ Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma], Volume 1, by Ridolfino Venturini, published by Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1768); page 277.

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