The church of Santa Marta at the Collegio Romano is a deconsecrated church in Rome, located in the Pigna district, in Piazza del Collegio Romano. This church, along with the attached nunnery, was founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola to welcome the “malmaritate,” or “women married in public sin without fear of God and without shame before men,” who wished to rehabilitate themselves. In 1560, the convent and church passed to the Augustinian Nuns.
The church was later renovated by Cardinal Borromeo, and then in 1673 by Eleonora Boncompagni, a nun of the monastery. The temple was solemnly consecrated in 1696, after a renovation mainly carried out by Carlo Fontana. In 1872, the monastery and church were confiscated by the Italian state.
The monastery is now the headquarters of the city’s 1st Police District, while the church, which was saved in the 1960s from being turned into a gym through a strong media campaign, now hosts conferences, conventions, exhibitions, and concerts and is owned by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
Contacts:
Gabriele Palumbo Tel: (0039) 066723.2877 – 2221
Information about Santa Marta Conference Hall
Piazza del Collegio Romano, 5,
03043 Rome (Rome)
066723.2877 – 2221
dg-or@beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
