380 for Pope Damasus (366/384)
The old church was parallel to the one in the current location but further south, always with the entrance on the square
It was renovated in the eight and ninth century
It was rebuilt with the Palazzo della Cancelleria in 1495 by Donato Bramante (1444/1514) for the Cardinal Raffaele Riario according to Giorgio Vasari. However, attributing an architect to this building "is one of the greatest mysteries of Italian architecture" (Peter Murray)
It was occupied by the French in 1799 and used as a stable
It was renovated in 1807 by Giuseppe Valadier (1762/1839) and in the years 1868/82 by Virginio Vespignani (1808/82) who eliminated almost all of Bernini's work in the presbytery and Valadier's
It was modified again after a fire in 1939
In the area of the church there were once the stables of the team of charioteers Prasina marked by green colors
PORTAL
Designed by Jacopo Barozzi aka Vignola (1507/73)
CEILING
Rebuilt after the fire of 1939
AT THE SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE
Statue "St. Hippolytus" 1736 by Bartolomeo Pincellotti
On the right "Tomb of Alessandro Valtrini" 1639 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680)
IN FRONT OF THE PILLARS
Statues on the left "St. Francis Xavier" by Stefano Maderno (1560/1636) and on the right "St. Charles Borromeo" by Ambrogio Buonvicino (about 1552/1622)
ON THE RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. NiCOLÒ
1743 Nicola Salvi (1697/1751)
"Virgin and Sts. Philip Neri e Nicolò" by Sebastiano Conca (1680/1764) and crucifix that, according to tradition, spoke to St. Bridget of Sweden
In the vault "God appears to St. Nicolò" and pendentives with "Virtues" by Corrado Giaquinto (1703/66)
LEFT CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT
1732/36 Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (1678/1736) for Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
Restored by Giuseppe Valadier
"Last Supper" 1818 di Vincenzo Berrettini (noto 1774/1818)
Frescoes in the vault "Bloodless sacrifice" and pendentives "Angels" about 1736 by Andrea Casali (1705/84) pupil of Sebastiano Conca and Francesco Trevisani
CENTRAL NAVE
Up in the clerestory "Stories of Sts. Lawrence and Damaso" of the nineteenth century by Luigi Fontana (1827/1908)
RIGHT NAVE
1st RIGHT - CHAPEL OF THE CRUCIFIX or MASSIMO CHAPEL
Altar 1758 Giovanni Domenico Navone (active since 1706/d. 1770)
"Wooden crucifix" of the fourteenth century
On the outside "Monument to Gabriella di Savoia Massimo" by Pietro Tenerani (1789/1869)
2nd RIGHT - CHAPEL OF THE SACRED HEART
"Sacred Heart" by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/90)
On the outside "Monument to Pellegrino Rossi" (murdered in the Palazzo della Cancelleria in 1848) by Pietro Tenerani
PRESBYTERY
Modified 1638/40 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, and modified again 1868/82 by Virginio Vespignani
MAIN ALTAR
"Coronation of Mary along with Sts. Lawrence, Damaso, Peter and Paul" about 1567 by Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609)
In the round panels "Virtues" by Francesco Grandi (1831/91)
To the left of the presbytery rich CHAPEL OF SS. CONCEPTION
1635/38 designed by Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona (1597/1669) with "Grottapinta Virgin" painted wooden table first half of twelfth century from the demolished church S. Salvatore in Arco
LEFT NAVE
"Funeral Monument of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan" who died in 1505
"Our Lady of Joy" maybe by Cristoforo Roncalli aka Pomarancio (1552/1626)
"Monument of Annibale Caro" who died in 1566 by Giovanni Antonio Dosio who also did the bust. Annibal Caro was the first translator of the Aeneid in the Italian vernacular
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