San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome

San Giovanni della Pigna
Church of Saint John in Pigna
Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio
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41°53′50″N 12°28′41″E
Location	Traversa Vicolo della Minerva, Pigna, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Status	titular church
Dedication	John the Baptist
Dedicated	1624
Earlier dedication	Pope Eleutherius and Genesius of Rome
Relics held	Genesius of Rome (partial relics)
Architecture
Functional status	titular church
Architect(s)	Angelo Torroni
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	3rd century AD
Completed	1624
Administration
Diocese	Rome

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

Description

Tombstone of Giuliano Porcari, 1282

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 Martyrdom of St Eleuterio by Giacomo Zoboli.

Interior

List of Cardinal Deacons

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