Rome, ITALY - Church of St. Ignazio - Altar of Saint Luigi Gonzaga for Sale

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Rome, ITALY - Church of St. Ignazio - Altar of Saint Luigi Gonzaga For Sale

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Rome, ITALY - Church of St. Ignazio - Altar of Saint Luigi Gonzaga:
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Rome, ITALY - Church of St. Ignazio - Altar of Saint Luigi Gonzaga: The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius (Italian: Chiesa di Sant\'Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio, Latin: Ecclesia Sancti Ignatii a Loyola in Campo Martio) is a Roman Catholic titular church, of deaconry rank, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, located in Rome, Italy. Built in Baroque style between 1626 and 1650, the church functioned originally as the chapel of the adjacent Roman College, which moved in 1584 to a new larger building and was renamed the Pontifical Gregorian University. Glory of St Aloysius Gonzaga (1697–99) by Le Gros. The two monumental, matching altars in the church of Sant\' Ignazio di Loyola are dedicated to St Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-91) and St John Berchmans (1599-1621), two Jesuit students, who both died in their early twenties while studying in Rome. The altars were designed by Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709), the Jesuit lay-brother who painted the glorious ceiling fresco in the nave of the church. The enormous barley-sugar columns are carved from verde antico, a dark green marble quarried in Greece. The altar in the right transept is dedicated to St Aloysius Gonzaga and the marble bas-relief (1698), depicting the apotheosis of the saint, is the work of the French sculptor Pierre Legros the Younger (1666-1719). The two marble angels, which hold lilies in honour of the saint\'s purity, are by Bernardino Ludovisi (c. 1693-1749). This Undivided Back Era (1901-07) postcard is in good condition. P. Becchini. Roma. No. 59E.