Church of the Gesù, Rome

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The Church of the Gesù in Rome is the mother church of the Jesuit order and a landmark Counter-Reformation Baroque church renowned for its richly decorated interior and influential architectural design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque church ⓘ
Counter-Reformation church ⓘ
Jesuit church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chiesa del Gesù ⓘ
Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all’Argentina ⓘ
architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ⓘ
linked to: Vignola

Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
Mannerist ⓘ
ceilingFrescoArtist Giovanni Battista Gaulli ⓘ
ceilingFrescoCompletionYear 1679 ⓘ
completionDate 1584 ⓘ
consecrationYear 1584 ⓘ
containsRelicsOf Francis Xavier ⓘ
Ignatius of Loyola ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Name of Jesus ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
era Counter-Reformation ⓘ
facadeCompletionYear 1575 ⓘ
governingDiocese Diocese of Rome ⓘ
groundbreakingDate 1568 ⓘ
hasApse deep apse ⓘ
hasChapel Chapel of St. Ignatius ⓘ
Chapel of the Sacred Heart ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasFacadeDesigner Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
hasNaveType single nave ⓘ
hasSideChapels yes ⓘ
hasTransept short transept ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Rome" ⓘ
heritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ
influenced Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius ⓘ
Il Gesù, Palermo ⓘ
Jesuit church architecture worldwide ⓘ
interiorStyle richly decorated Baroque ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Roman Rite ⓘ
locatedIn Rome ⓘ
rione Pigna ⓘ
motherChurchOf Society of Jesus ⓘ
notableFor influential Counter-Reformation design ⓘ
single nave plan with side chapels ⓘ
notableWorkOfArt Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco ⓘ
patron Cardinal Alessandro Farnese ⓘ
primaryFunction Jesuit mother church and parish church ⓘ
religiousOrder Society of Jesus ⓘ
status titular church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ignatius of Loyola → burialPlace → Church of the Gesù, Rome ⓘ
Church of the Gesù, Rome → alsoKnownAs → Chiesa del Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Church → influencedBy → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) → burialPlace → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Vignola → designed → Church of the Gesù, Rome ⓘ
Late Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Church of Il Gesù (Rome) ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Rione Pigna → contains → Church of Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù, boundary area) ⓘ
subject linked to: rione Pigna
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Il Gesù, Palermo → alsoKnownAs → Chiesa del Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco → location → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Giovanni Battista Gaulli → employer → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Chapel of St. Ignatius → locatedIn → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Chapel of the Sacred Heart → locatedIn → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Chapel of the Sacred Heart → isPartOf → Church of the Gesù interior ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome → isModelledAfter → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Saint Francis Borgia → burialPlace → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
San Francisco de Borja → burialPlace → Church of the Gesù ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Alessandro Farnese → patronOf → Il Gesù (Church of the Gesù, Rome) ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome
Church of the Gesu → namedAfter → Church of the Gesù in Rome ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Gesù, Rome