Gian Lorenzo Bernini received the commission in 1658, with Giovanni de' Rossi assisting. Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili was the patron, with the approval of Pope Alexander VII. It was built for the Jesuit novitiate and was the third Jesuit church in Rome, after the Gesù and Sant'Ignazio. The church was constructed by 1661, but the interior decoration was not finished until 1670.
The main space is an oval, framed by pilasters and an entablature over the side chapels. The entrance is on the short axis and faces the high altar, which is recessed behind paired columns supporting a curved pediment. A golden dome covers the oval, encased in an oval cylinder, and large volutes carry the lateral thrust.
The facade has a semicircular porch with two Ionic columns, set back behind low curved quadrant walls. The article gives no dimensions or materials.
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