Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia [SEP] named after
Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia
Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia () is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle in Rome, Italy. The edifice is also known as "Sant'Andrea del Vignola", after its architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola.
It was commissioned by Pope Julius III, to commemorate Pope Clement VII’s escape from prison following the Sack of Rome, 1527. The small church on the Via Flaminia, scarcely more than a chapel, was designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola in 1552 and completed the following
David Watkin, Vignola introduced the oval plan to church design for the first time in the churches of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia and Saint Anne in the Vatican, pioneering a plan which was to become influential to Baroque architecture.
After a smooth start, the construction of the church slowed because the Archconfraternity was in financial trouble. After Vignola's death in 1573, the church was finished by his son Giacinto Barozzi, according to a payment made by the Archconfraternity. When it was consecrated in 1583 it had a temporary roof.