Chiesa dei Gerolamini: View of Baroque facade

This is the site of the administration of the central authority for all 70 congregations of the Confederation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (San Filippo Neri). One of the largest churches in Napoli, Chiesa dei Girolamini was built between the 16th and 17th centuries as part of the Girolamini monastery complex whose entrance is across from the Duomo. The Gerolamini are the followers of San Filippo Neri, also known as the Oratorians. Their church was designed in 1590 by Giovanni Antonio Dosio, but the work was not completed until 1639, after his death, by Dionisio Nencioni di Bartolomeo. The cupola was designed by Dionisio Lazzari.