San Marcello al Corso

San Marcello
Church of Saint Marcellus on the Corso (in English)
S. Marcelli (in Latin)
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41°53′55.25″N 12°28′54.34″E / 41.8986806°N 12.4817611°E / 41.8986806; 12.4817611
LocationPiazza di San Marcello 5, Rome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
StatusTitular church
DedicationPope Marcellus I
Architecture
Architect(s)Jacopo Sansovino, Carlo Fontana
Architectural typeChurch
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1592
Completed1697
Clergy
Cardinal protectorGiuseppe Betori

San Marcello al Corso, a church in Rome, Italy, is a cardinalitial titular church whose cardinal-protector is normally of the order of cardinal priests.

The church, dedicated in honor of Pope Marcellus I (d. AD 309), is located just inset from Via del Corso, in ancient times called via Lata, and which now connects Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. It stands diagonal from the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata and two doors from the Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso.


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