San Salvatore in Lauro

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San Salvatore in Lauro
Church of the Holy Saviour in the Laurels
Chiesa di San Salvatore in Lauro
Facade
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41°54′02.78″N 12°28′10.50″E / 41.9007722°N 12.4695833°E / 41.9007722; 12.4695833Coordinates: 41°54′02.78″N 12°28′10.50″E / 41.9007722°N 12.4695833°E / 41.9007722; 12.4695833
Location	Piazza di San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
Website	sansalvatoreinlauro.org
History
Status	titular church, national church
Founded	11th century
Dedication	Jesus (as Saviour)
Architecture
Architect(s)	Ottaviano Mascherino, Ludovico Rusconi Sassi
Architectural type	Baroque
Completed	19th century
Administration
Diocese	Rome

The translated tomb of Pope Eugene IV

San Salvatore in Lauro is a Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located on a piazza of the same name in the rione Ponte. It stands on Via Vecchiarelli, just south of the Lungotevere Tor di Nona and north of via dei Coronari. Within Rome, the church is also known as St. Jesus. It is the "national church" of the marchigiani, the inhabitants of the Marche region of Italy (the population of each of Italy's regions was counted as a "nation" before Italian unification). The current protector of this titulus is Cardinal-Deacon Angelo Comastri.

The first church at the site dates to the 11th century; while the present building was constructed in the 16th century on designs of the Bolognese Ottaviano Mascherino.

The main altarpiece and cupola are painted by Ludovico Rusconi Sassi. In the chapels are works of art by Antoniazzo Romano, Camillo Rusconi, François Duquesnoy, Alessandro Turchi and a Nativity by Pietro da Cortona. The refectory has a series of Mannerist frescoes (1550) by Francesco Salviati (1550), and contains the 15th century tomb of Pope Eugene IV by , transferred here from the Old Saint Peter's Basilica. Parmigianino's Vision of Saint Jerome was commissioned for a chapel in the church, but was later brought away by the donors and is now in the National Gallery, London.

The titular church was first established in 1587 as a Cardinal-Priest title but was suppressed in 1670. In the consistory of 24 November 2007 Pope Benedict XVI restored the church as a Cardinal-Deaconry.

List of Cardinal Protectors[]

1588 engraving of San Salvatore in Lauro

• Scipione Lancellotti (20 April 1587 – 2 June 1598)
• Luca Antonio Virili (17 December 1629 – 4 June 1634)
• Ciriaco Rocci (13 August 1635 – 25 September 1651)
• Pietro Vito Ottoboni (19 February 1652 – 15 November 1660)
• Angelo Comastri (24 November 2007 –)

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