Known since
the eleventh century
It is also
known as S. GIACOMO ALLA LUNGARA
The name
Settignano comes from the nearby Porta
Settimiana
BELL TOWER
Built in
the thirteenth century
It's the
only old bell tower with a single window in Rome
Completely
renovated in 1643 by Luigi Arrigucci (1575/after
1643) for Cardinal Francesco Barberini
Restored in
1901
Near this
church a miracle of S. Francesca Romana happened: she healed a poor sick woman
named Angiolella
In the
presbytery on the right remarkable “Funerary monument of Ippolito
Merenda”, consistorial lawyer, about 1640/41 designed
and created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680)
MAIN ALTAR
Altarpiece
“St. James” maybe by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
(1610/62) from Viterbo, a pupil of Pietro da Cortona
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