Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome

Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori Chiesa di Sant'Alfonso di Liguori all'Esquilino (Italian) S. Alfonsi in Exquiliis (Latin)
The Church of Saint Alphonsus
Basic information
Location	Rome, Italy
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Country	Italy
Leadership	Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Architectural description
Architect(s)	George Wigley
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1859
Materials	Brick

The Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Chiesa di Sant'Alfonso di Liguori all'Esquilino in Italian) is a rectory church located on the Via Merulana on the Esquiline Hill of central Rome's Vth prefecture, Italy, and a titular church for a Cardinal-priest under the name Santissimo Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana (Holy Redeemer and St. Alfonso).

It is dedicated to St. Alphonsus Liguori, the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), who built and staff the church.

The church is one of the rare examples of neo-Gothic architecture in Rome. It is one of the last papal churches of Rome, although the Redemptorists have possession of the church and its related complex.

It was built between 1855 and 1859, designed by the Scottish architect George Wigley. The facade made of brick and travertine features three doors. In the central tympanum of the door there is a polychrome mosaic, depicting Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The facade is further embellished by a rose window.

The interior decorations, rich with marble, from the end of the nineteenth century, are by the Bavarian painter and Redemptorist Max Schmalzl (1850-1930). The apse is crowned by a mosaic, put in place in 1964, depicting the Redeemer enthroned between the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. Below the mosaic hangs the original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which was produced in Crete in the 14th century. This icon was stolen from Keras Kardiotissas Monastery in 1498 and given to the Redemptorists by Pope Pius IX in 1866.