Editing Santa Maria sopra Minerva (section)

{{Short description|14th-century Dominican church in Rome}}
{{distinguish|Temple of Minerva, Assisi}}
{{Infobox church
| name = Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva
| native_name = {{unbulleted list|{{native name|en|Basilica of Saint Mary above Minerva}}|{{native name|la|Basilica Sanctae Mariae supra Minervam}}}}
| image = Santa Maria sopra Minerva.jpg
| caption = Santa Maria sopra Minerva façade by [[Carlo Maderno]]
| location = Piazza della Minerva 42, [[Rome]]
| country = [[Italy]]
| status = [[Minor basilica]], [[titular church]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|53|53|N|12|28|42|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IT_scale:10000|display=it}}
| image_size = 270
| mapframe-frame-width = 270
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Click on the map for a fullscreen view
| mapframe-zoom = 13
| mapframe-marker = religious-christian
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
|tradition=[[Latin Church]]
|religious order= [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]]
| province = [[Diocese of Rome]]
| consecrated date = 1370
| groundbreaking = {{start date|1280}}
| completed date = 1370
| cardinal protector = [[António Marto]]
| architect = Fra Sisto Fiorentino<br />Fra Ristoro da Campi<br />[[Carlo Maderno]]
| style = [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]
| length = {{convert|101|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|41|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| width nave = {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| dedication = [[Mary, mother of Jesus]]
| relics=* [[Saint Catherine of Siena]]
* [[Fra Angelico|Blessed John of Fiesole]] (Fra Angelico)
| website = {{URL|santamariasopraminerva.it/en}}
}}
'''Santa Maria sopra Minerva''' is one of the major [[Church (building)|churches]] of the [[Order of Preachers]] (also known as the Dominicans) in [[Rome]], Italy. The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over ({{langx|it|sopra}}) the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess [[Isis]], which had been erroneously ascribed to the Greco-Roman goddess [[Minerva]]<ref name="GF98" /> (possibly due to ''[[interpretatio romana]]'').

The church is located in [[Piazza della Minerva]] one block east the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] in the [[Pigna (rione of Rome)|Pigna]] ''[[rioni of Rome|rione]]'' of Rome within the ancient district known as the ''[[Campus Martius]]''. The present church and disposition of surrounding structures is visible in a detail from the [[Giambattista Nolli|Nolli Map]] of 1748.

While many other medieval churches in Rome have been given [[Baroque]] makeovers that cover Gothic structures, the Minerva is the only extant example of original [[Gothic architecture]] church building in Rome. Behind a restrained Renaissance style [[façade]]<ref name=Ministry>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertaciviliimmigrazione.interno.it/dipim/site/it/patrimonio/chiese/Lazio/roma/Chiesa_s._maria_sopra_Minerva |title=S. Maria sopra Minerva|publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=2013-03-12|language=it}}</ref> the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] interior features arched [[vaulting]] that was painted blue with gilded stars and trimmed with brilliant red ribbing in a 19th-century Neo-Gothic restoration.

The church and adjoining convent served at various times throughout its history as the Dominican Order's headquarters. Today the headquarters have been re-established in their original location at the Roman convent of [[Santa Sabina]]. The [[titular church|titulus]] of {{lang|la|Sanctae Mariae supra Minervam}} was conferred upon Cardinal [[António Marto]], on 28 June 2018.