Santa Maria in Vallicella

Santa Maria in Vallicella
Church of Saint Mary in the Little Valley[1]
Chiesa Nuova, Santa Maria in Puteo Albo
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Vallicella
Facade
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41°53′55″N 12°28′9″E / 41.89861°N 12.46917°E / 41.89861; 12.46917
Location	Via di Governo Vecchio 134, Rome
Country	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Latin Church
Religious institute	Oratorians
Website	vallicella.org
History
Status	titular church
Founded	1575
Dedication	Pope Gregory I and Mary, mother of Jesus
Relics held	St’s Papias and Maurus Saint Philip Neri
Architecture
Architectural type	Baroque
Completed	1599
Administration
Diocese	Rome

Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, a religious congregation of secular priests, founded by St Philip Neri in 1561 at a time in the 16th century when the Counter Reformation saw the emergence of a number of new religious institutes such as the Jesuits, the Theatines, and the Barnabites. These new congregations were responsible for several great preaching churches built in the Centro Storico, the others being Sant'Andrea della Valle (Theatines), San Carlo ai Catinari (Barnabites), and The Gesù and Sant'Ignazio (Jesuits).