Church of San Girolamo dei Croati

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San Girolamo dei Croati

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The church of San Girolamo dei Croati (St Jerome of the Croats) was built during the reign of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585-90). The beautiful stone facade, the work of Martino Longhi the Elder (1534-91), is crowned with the pope's coat of arms. 

The facade also sports a dedicatory inscription to Sixtus V and numerous images of the pope's armorial bearings (lion, pears, eight-pointed star & trimontium).

The church does not have a dome only a trompe-l'oeil fresco (1590) of one, the work of Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618).

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Fresco by Giovanni Guerra