San Marcello al Corso

San Marcello
Church of Saint Marcellus on the Corso (in English)
S. Marcelli (in Latin)
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41°53′55.25″N 12°28′54.34″E / 41.8986806°N 12.4817611°E / 41.8986806; 12.4817611
LocationPiazza di San Marcello 5, Rome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionLatin Church
Religious orderServite Order
History
StatusTitular church
General Curia of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Servites)
Foundedbefore 418 AD
DedicationPope St. Marcellus I
Cult(s) present
Relics held
Architecture
Architect(s)Jacopo Sansovino, Carlo Fontana
Architectural typeChurch
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1592
Completed1697
Clergy
Cardinal protectorGiuseppe Betori

San Marcello al Corso, is an ancient titular and conventual church in Rome, Italy. It has been served by friars of the Servite Order since c. 1375 and is the headquarters of their General Curia. The cardinal-protector of the church is normally of the order of cardinal priests, currently Giuseppe Betori.

There has been a church dedicated to Pope Marcellus I (d. AD 309) on the site since at least the year 418 when Pope Boniface I was reportedly crowned there. It was rebuilt in its present form in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is located near the Piazza Venezia on the Via del Corso, in ancient times called via Lata, which now connects Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo and stands diagonal from the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata and two doors from the Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso.