 Introduction
Location
History
The current titular deacon of the church is H.E. Roberto Cardinal Tucci, S.J., who was appointed on February 21, 2001.
Exterior
The facade was designed by Allessandro Algardi. It has two storey with Corinthian columns, pilaster strips, cornices, frontispiece, side volutes and a large window, crowned by a tympanon. The chiaroscuro effect is strong and successful.
The Interior
Scenes from the life of St Ignatius in the apse are also by Pozzo. They depict the defence of Pamplona, where St Ignatius was wounded in the leg, an event that led to his conversion; and the divine assurance that the saint received in the chapel at La Storta. They house the relics of St. Luigi Gonzaga and of St. John Berchmans. The stuccoed frieze with Angels, running over the arcades of the nave, is by Alessandro Algardi. There are also scenes from the life of St Francis Xavier and St Francis Borgia.
Other artworks in the church include the marble relief depicting a three dimensional Saint Aloyzius Gonzaga in Glory (1698-99) by the French Pierre Legros and a huge statue of St. Ignatius, in stucco, by Camillo Rusconi (1728). The church houses also the tombs of Pope Gregory XV also by LeGros, completed in the late seventeenth century (over 60 years after Gregory's death), and of Cardinal Bellarmine.
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