Ecclesia Sancti Ludovici Francorum de Urbe

Ecclesia Sancti Ludovici Francorum de Urbe est aedes sacra Romana prope Aream Agonalem. In ecclesiae Cappella Contarelli tres picturae a Michaele Angelo Merisi Caravaggio pictae affixae sunt.

Ecclesia inter annos 1518-1589 cum cardinalis Matthaei Contarellus et Catharinae Medicaeae auxilio exstructa, sancto Ludovico IX regi Franciae dicata est.

Caravaggii picturae vocationem ac martyrium Matthaei apostoli nec non eius ab angelo inspirationem evangelio scribendo demonstrantes inter annos 1599-1602 confectae sunt.

Organum portae principali superpositum anno 1879 a Iosepho Merklin aedificatum est; 35 voces in 4 operibus continet.

Hoc templum semper est titulus illorum cardinalium, qui et archiepiscopi Parisienses sunt.

Presbyteri cardinales

  • Petrus Veuillot (1967–1968)
  • Franciscus Marty (1969–1994)
  • Ioannes Maria Lustiger (1994–2007)
  • Andreas Vingt-Trois seit 2007

Vide etiam

  • Ordines Cardinalium
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Rox Pantangco
5 May 2012
The Caravaggios dedicated to St. Matthew are near the altar, on the left side when you enter the church. Photos allowed when mass is not on-going. Not to be missed.
Elite Club Vacanze
1 June 2012
Once you've gotten a taste of Caravaggio, a late Renaissance master whose work is featured at the Galleria Borghese, you can't leave Rome without seeing what many say is his most powerful work.
Andrey Opadchiy
26 December 2012
As a center of french catholics in Rome, this church is one of the most crowded. It's nearly impossible to find that pure, silent loneliness which some try to find inside.
Sidira Kuria
20 January 2019
We were passing by and said"what's that huge church in the middle of nowhere?"Enormous, lavish,another piece of art.I still wonder how they managed to build them?!When in neighbourhood, pay a visit.
Antonio M ♠
22 February 2015
Chiesa francese, celebra messe in lingua. Al suo interno persino un mausoleo per i soldati francesi caduti contro la Repubblica Romana. Ospita 3 dipinti di Caravaggio nella navata di sinistra.
Ingrid Barros
10 June 2018
Lindíssima! Muito decorada, lindos afrescos! E possui 3 pinturas de Caravaggio (ao fundo a esquerda).
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