San Carlo ai Catinari

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San Carlo ai Catinari
Chiesa di Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Facade
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41°53′39.1″N 12°28′30.9″E / 41.894194°N 12.475250°E / 41.894194; 12.475250
Location	Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, Rome
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Status	Titular church
Dedication	Saint Blaise and Charles Borromeo
Architecture
Architect(s)	Rosato Rosati, Giovanni Battista Soria
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1638
Administration
Province	Diocese of Rome

San Carlo ai Catinari, also called Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari ("Saints Blaise and Charles at the Bowl-Makers"), is an early-Baroque style church in Rome, Italy. It is located on Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, 117 just off the corner of Via Arenula and Via dei Falegnami, a few blocks south of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle.

The attribute ai Catinari refers to the presence, at the time of its construction, of the many makers of wooden basins (Italian catini) who worked in the area.^[1][2][3] The church was commissioned by the Order of the Barnabites and funded by the Milanese community in Rome to honour their fellow Milanese St. Charles Borromeo (Italian: San Carlo). It is one of at least three Roman churches dedicated to him, including San Carlo al Corso and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino).