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The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù [1] [a] (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus), is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (best known as Jesuits).
Three-quarter view of the church. The Church of the Holy Family was renamed the Church of the Gesú in 1878, [2] after the Church of the Gesù in Rome, which is the universal mother church of the Society of Jesus. [3] The cornerstone of a new, grander church was laid on March 10, 1879, [4] and the cruciform edifice was completed in 1888. [2]
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), known also as the Saint Mary of Jesus (Santa Maria di Gesù) or the Casa Professa, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church established under the patronage of the Jesuit order, and located at Piazza Casa Professa 21 in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
Church of the Gesu, mother church of the Society of Jesus in Rome College church (St. Mariä Himmelfahrt), Cologne Ruins of Saint Paul's Church, Macau Professed house church in Paris Novitiate of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome University Church, Vienna College church, Puebla College church, Minsk Professed house church, Vilnius Professed house in Malá Strana, Prague Church of the Gesù, Brussels
Constructed in Rome in 1568 the Church of the Gesù, formally called Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina (i.e., the "Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the 'Argentina ' ") [24] is the Mother Church of the order. A number of religious communities dedicated to the Holy Name Jesus have been formed since the Middle Ages. [25]
Nave of the Church of the Gesù. Gaulli's fresco can be broken up into three different parts. There is the heavenly light and Christ's initials at the center, the arc of clouds the separate the saved from the damned, and the damned figures falling out of the scene. [13]
Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy (1568-1580) Church of Gesù, Ferrara, Italy (1570) Jesuit Church, Valletta, Malta (1593-1609, rebuilt late 17th century after 1634 damage) Jesuit Church, Molsheim, France (1615-1617) Jesuit Church, Warsaw, Poland (1609-1626) Jesuit Church, Vienna, Austria (1623-1627, remodeled 1703-1705)
The church of the Gesù, also known as the Parish church of the Santissimo Nome di Gesù is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via di Voltaio #101 in central Montepulciano, region of Tuscany, Italy. Facade of the Gesù'.