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Commissioned by former Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, with the approval of Pope Alexander VII, Sant'Andrea was the third Jesuit church constructed in Rome, after the Church of the Gesù and Sant'Ignazio. It was to serve the Jesuit novitiate, which was founded in 1566.
Anno. 1684. (Rome, 1684), plate 23 (exterior façade of San Andrea al Quirinale). The Jesuits had established their novitiate on the Quirinal hill in 1565-1566. At first they used the old church that was already there, but they were soon making plans for a new foundation.
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Fecha. 1658. Estilo. Barroco Italiano. Contenidos relacionados. Mucho más verdadera y propia arquitectura es la iglesia del Noviciado de la Compañía de Jesús, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1658-61, aunque los trabajos continuaron hasta 1670), decorada con estucos por A. Raggi (1662-65).
The church served as the seat of the novitiate since its inception in 1566 thanks to the donation of the old church to the Jesuits, whose organization was then under the command of St. Francis Borgia, by Giovanni Andrea Croce, Bishop of Tivoli.
7-Entrada al noviciado, a las estancias de San Stanislas Kostka y a la sacristía. La capilla de San Francisco Javier alberga tres cuadros de 1705, obra de Baciccio, que representan el bautizo, la predicación y la muerte de San Francisco Javier.
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale is the church of the Jesuit novitiate. For reference, a plan of the church is available here . History. The first church on the site, Sant'Andrea in Monte Cavallo, was a parish church.
2. The Novitiate of S. Andrea al Quirinale was published in Between Renaissance and Baroque on page 38.
