Natività di Gesù

Natività di Gesù is a church on Piazza Pasquino in the Parione rione of Rome. It is the national church in Rome of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Natività di Gesù
Church of the Nativity of Jesus
Chiesa della Natività di Gesù
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41°53′53″N 12°28′19″E
Location	Vicolo dei Granari 10/A, Parione, Rome
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Status	national church
Dedication	Nativity of Jesus
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architect	Andrea Busiri Vici
Architectural type	Renaissance Revival, Baroque
Groundbreaking	1692
Completed	1862
Administration
Diocese	Rome

It was built at the end of the 17th century for the Archconfraternity of the Company of the Nativity (known as the Agonizzanti), formed in 1616. Pope Innocent XII granted a letter giving the Archconfraternity the licence to build a church as its oratory. It was rebuilt several times, the last being in 1862, when it took on its current appearance.

External links

• Mariano Armellini, Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX, Roma 1891
• C. Hulsen, Le chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo, Firenze 1927
• F. Titi, Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma, Roma 1763

Bibliography

• C. Rendina, Le Chiese di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, p. 266
• G. Carpaneto, Rione VI Parione, in AA.VV, I rioni di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Milano 2000, Vol. II, pp. 384–447