San Giovanni della Malva in Trastevere
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| San Giovanni della Malva in Trastevere | |
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| Church of Saint John of the Mallows Beyond the Tiber | |
Chiesa di San Giovanni della Malva in Trastevere | |
 The facade of San Giovanni della Malva | |
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| 41°53′32″N 12°28′09″E / 41.89209483712428°N 12.46920397601011°E | |
| Location | Piazza di San Giovanni della Malva , Trastevere, Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Albanian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Tradition | Roman Rite |
| History | |
| Status | national church |
| Founded | Before 1123 |
| Dedication | Immaculate Conception, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Giacomo Moraldi |
| Architectural type | Baroque, Neoclassical |
| Completed | 1851 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Rome |
San Giovanni della Malva in Trastevere (Albanian: kisha e Shën Janit të Shqiptarëve, kisha e Shën Janit së Mëllagës pas lumit) is a church in Rome, in the Trastevere district, located in Piazza di S. Giovanni della Malva. It is the Albanian national church in Rome.[1][2]
The church dates back to the Middle Ages. It is attested by a bull of Pope Callixtus II of 1123 with the name of Sancti Iohannis prope portam Septimianam (near the Porta Settimiana). It was known in the fourteenth century by the name of Sancti Iohannis ad Ianiculum (al Gianicolo). The current name, attested only since 1367, can derive either from the mallow that grew near or from the corruption of the name Mica Aurea (golden sand), a name that in the Middle Ages was given to the part of the Gianicolo still called Montorio. Moreover, in some catalogues of Roman churches, it is called Sancti Iohannis Mica Aurea. In 1475, on the occasion of the Jubilee and the opening of the Sisto bridge, Pope Sixtus IV had it restored. In 1818 the medieval church was demolished because it was dilapidated and in a state of decay, and in 1851 a new one was built, financed by Pio Grazioli, based on a project by Giacomo Moraldi.[3]
