Santi Apostoli, Rome

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Santi XII Apostoli
Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles SS. XII Apostolorum (in Latin)
View of the church from the Vittoriano.
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41°53′53.18″N 12°28′59.54″E / 41.8981056°N 12.4832056°E / 41.8981056; 12.4832056
Location	Piazza Dei Santi Apostoli, Rome
Country	Italy
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Religious order	Conventual Franciscans
Website	Official website
History
Status	Titulus minor basilica, Parish church, Conventual church of the General Motherhouse of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual
Dedication	Twelve Apostles
Relics held	St. James the Less, St. Philip
Architecture
Architect(s)	Baccio Pontelli, Carlo Rainaldi, Carlo Fontana
Architectural type	Church
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	6th century
Completed	1714
Specifications
Length	75 metres (246 ft)
Width	40 metres (130 ft)
Nave width	18 metres (59 ft)
Administration
Province	Diocese of Rome
Clergy
Cardinal protector	Father Mario Peruzzo[1]

Santi Dodici Apostoli (Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles; Latin: SS. Duodecim Apostolorum), commonly known as Santi Apostoli, is a 6th-century Catholic parish and titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, the mother church of the Conventual Franciscan Order whose General Curia (world headquarters) is in the adjacent building.^[2] Dedicated originally to St. James and St. Philip whose relics are kept here, and later to all Apostles, it is the Station church for Friday, the first week of Lent.^[3]

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus XII Apostolorum is Angelo Scola. Among the previous Cardinal Priests are Pope Clement XIV, whose tomb by Canova is in the basilica, and Henry Benedict Stuart.