Sts. ILDEFONSUS AND THOMAS OF VILLANOVA

SS. ILDEFONSO E TOMMASO DI VILLANOVA
Via Sistina 11

 1667/74 Giuseppe Paglia

Giuseppe Paglia was a Dominican friar native of Sicily who had worked in S. Maria sopra Minerva. In this church it is evident the influence of Francesco Borromini, whom Giuseppe Paglia had met and admired

FAÇADE
1725 Francesco Ferrari (active in Rome 1721/44)
Statues in the niches and stucco decoration inside maybe by Antonio Cometti

1^st CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Crowded relief “Nativity” 1600 by Francesco Grassia (seventeenth century)

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Above the altar “Immaculate Conception with Sts. Augustine and Monica” about 1700 maybe by Juan Correa

1^st CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
Above the altar “Our Lady of Guadalupe” by Juan Correa