Santa Maria in Monticelli is a church in the rione of Regola in Rome, sited on the street of the same name. A church was founded at the site in the 12th century and reconsecrated by Innocent II in 1143. It was known as ''Sancta Maria in Monticellis Arenulae de Urbe'', in a bull by

Urban IV Pope Urban IV ( la, Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. He was not a cardinal; only a few popes since his time hav ...

in 1264. Little remains of the medieval church, except for the bell-tower. The church was entirely reconstructed in 1716 by Matteo Sassi, on a commission by

Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

, and in 1860 by

Francesco Azzurri Francesco Azzurri (Rome, 1831-1901) was an Italian architect. He was the nephew of the architect Giovanni Azzurri, a professor of architecture at the Academy of St. Luke in Rome. Biography Francesco studied Engineering and Architecture at the Un ...

. The church is the home to the Curia Generalizia dei Padri

Dottrinari The Christian Doctrine Fathers officially named Congregation of Christian Doctrine ( la, Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), abbreviated D.C. and also commonly called the Doctrinaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pont ...

. The church contains a baroque fresco of the Flagellation attributed to

Antonio Carracci Antonio Marziale Carracci (1583 – 8 April 1618) was an Italian painter. He was the natural son of Agostino Carracci. Life Carracci was born in the parish of Sta Lucia in Venice, probably in 1583, the product of an affair with a courtesan ...

; a 13th-century painted wooden crucifix attributed to Pietro Cavallini; a ''Madonna and child with saints'' by Sebastiano Conca; and a ''Head of the Redeemer'' in mosaic fragments of the 12th century. Near the sanctuary of the church is the contemporary shrine of Blessed César de Bus, the French founder of the "Priests of Christian Doctrine" and the patron saint of catechists.

Bibliography

M. Armellini, ''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX'', Roma 1891

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