Santa Maria in Monticelli, Rome

Santa Maria in Monticelli is a church in the rione of Regola in Rome, sited on the street of the same name.

Santa Maria in Monticelli.

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 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, and in 1860 by Francesco Azzurri. The church is the home to the Curia Generalizia dei Padri Dottrinari.

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

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Coordinates: 41°53′35″N 12°28′27″E / 41.8931°N 12.4741°E / 41.8931; 12.4741

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