San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome

San Giovanni della Pigna (Saint John of the Pine Cone) is a small Roman Catholic church located on Traversa Vicolo della Minerva #51 in the rione Pigna of Rome, Italy. The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

Façade of San Giovanni della Pigna

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 St Eleuterio by Giacomo Zoboli.[1]

Interior

List of Cardinal Protectors

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

References

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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[1] Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma, Volume 1, by Ridolfino Venturini, published by Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1768); page 277.