Santa Marta al Collegio Romano
Santa Marta al Collegio Romano is a deconsecrated church located in the Piazza del Collegio Romano in the Rione Pigna of Rome, Italy. A House of Saint Martha was founded in 1543 by St Ignatius of Loyola to rehabilitate women considered of poor morals, because they were adulterous or married women shamelessly living in public sin without fear of God or men Saint Martha is considered the patron saint of married women. The church became a monastery, and by 1560 was under the Augustinian order. The church was consecrated in 1696, with a reconstruction by Carlo Fontana. Deconsecrated by Napoleonic invasions, it presently functions as a cultural center. The interior art has been mostly transferred. Some of the stucco and architectural decoration remains. The ceiling is frescoed by Baciccio.
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Piazza del Collegio Romano, Rome Municipio Roma I
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N 41.897611 ° | E 12.479917 ° |
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Chiesa di Santa Marta al Collegio Romano
Piazza del Collegio Romano
00186 Rome, Municipio Roma I
Lazio, Italy
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