Church of the Gesù, Rome

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The Church of the Gesù in Rome is the mother church of the Jesuit order and a landmark Counter-Reformation Baroque church renowned for its richly decorated interior and influential architectural design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque church
Counter-Reformation church
Jesuit church
Roman Catholic church building
alsoKnownAs Church of the Gesù, Rome
surface form: Chiesa del Gesù

Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all’Argentina
architect Vignola
surface form: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Giacomo della Porta
architecturalStyle Baroque
Mannerist
ceilingFrescoArtist Giovanni Battista Gaulli
ceilingFrescoCompletionYear 1679
completionDate 1584
consecrationYear 1584
containsRelicsOf Francis Xavier
Ignatius of Loyola
country Italy
dedicatedTo Holy Name of Jesus
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
era Counter-Reformation
facadeCompletionYear 1575
governingDiocese Diocese of Rome
groundbreakingDate 1568
hasApse deep apse
hasChapel Chapel of St. Ignatius
Chapel of the Sacred Heart
hasDome yes
hasFacadeDesigner Giacomo della Porta
hasNaveType single nave
hasSideChapels yes
hasTransept short transept
heritageDesignation listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Rome"
heritageSiteSince 1980
influenced Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius
Il Gesù, Palermo
Jesuit church architecture worldwide
interiorStyle richly decorated Baroque
liturgicalTradition Roman Rite
locatedIn Rome
rione Pigna
motherChurchOf Society of Jesus
notableFor influential Counter-Reformation design
single nave plan with side chapels
notableWorkOfArt Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco
patron Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)
surface form: Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
primaryFunction Jesuit mother church and parish church
religiousOrder Society of Jesus
status titular church

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Ignatius of Loyola burialPlace Church of the Gesù, Rome
Church of the Gesù, Rome alsoKnownAs Church of the Gesù, Rome
this entity surface form: Chiesa del Gesù
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Church influencedBy Church of the Gesù, Rome
this entity surface form: Church of the Gesù
Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) burialPlace Church of the Gesù, Rome
this entity surface form: Church of the Gesù
Vignola designed Church of the Gesù, Rome