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Santa Bibiana
Santa Bibiana façade
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41°53′43.99″N 12°30′33.08″E / 41.8955528°N 12.5091889°E / 41.8955528; 12.5091889
LocationRome
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
DedicationSaint Bibiana
Architecture
Architect(s)Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Architectural typeChurch
StyleBaroque
Completed1626

Santa Bibiana is a small Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Rome devoted to Saint Bibiana. The church façade was designed and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who also produced a sculpture of the saint holding the palm leaf of martyrs.

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