The Catholic Traveler

The Churches of Rome

Santo Spirito dei Napoletani

Reassigned in 1572 to the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans and inaugurated in 1574, Santo Spirito dei Napoletani served for centuries as the national church of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Closed for roughly thirty years in the mid-to-late 20th century, it was restored and reopened for worship in 1986.

  • A Visitation on the counter-façade by Marco Pino
  • A Conversion of St. Paul begun by Francesco Salviati and completed by Francesco Rubiale
  • A Pentecost fresco by Jacopo Zucchi and his brother
  • Today the regional church for Campania in Rome

Via Giulia 34, Regola rione, Rome