The Church of Saint Ivo of the Bretons ( it, Sant'Ivo dei Bretoni, french: Saint Yves-des-Bretons, ) is a

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church dedicated to Saint

Ivo of Kermartin Ivo of Kermartin, T.O.S.F. (17 October 1253 – 19 May 1303), also known Yvo, Yves, or Ives (and in Breton as Erwan, Iwan, Youenn or Eozenn, depending on the region, and known as Yves Hélory (also ''Helori'' or ''Heloury'') in French), was a p ...

, patron of

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.Les Pieux Etablissements De La France A Rome et A Lorette (in French)
It is one of the

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dedicated to

History

Pope

Callixtus III Pope Callixtus III ( it, Callisto III, va, Calixt III, es, Calixto III; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia ( va, Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his ...

(1455-1458) gave the church of St. Andrea de Mortarariis to the Breton community in Rome. It became a center for assistance to

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pilgrims. The church was pulled down and rebuilt in 1878 by

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style. The hypothesisSimona Sajeva, “La chiesa di Sant’Ivo dei Bretoni e la sua ricostruzione nel 1875”, Studi Romani, Ans LIV – NN. 1-2 Gennaio- Giugno 2006, Roma. that the elements of the ancient church walls have been retained in the new construction, which consists of buildings and the new church, is founded. The maintenance of the old apse, would coincide with the current chapel of the Blessed Virgin (Santa Vergine). Some considerations in support of this hypothesis relate to the form of the new church. The persistence of the masonry structure of the apse, with its proportions, would have affected the plan and the elevation development. The 90 ° rotation of the axis of the church (necessary for obtaining a building of smaller dimensions in the same lot), would have required the construction of a symmetric chapel, equally great.

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References

* * * François Macé de Lépinay, ''"Architecture religieuse à Rome à la fin du xix^e siècle: la reconstruction de Saint-Yves-des-Bretons"'', Les fondations nationales dans la Rome pontificale, Collection de l'École Française de Rome 52, Académie de France Villa Médicis et École Française de Rome Palais Farnèse, 1981, p. 433 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sant'Ivo dei Bretoni National churches in Rome Ivo Bretoni