Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri

Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican
Sant'Anna de' Parafrenieri
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Leadership	P. Bruno Silvestrini[1]
Year consecrated	1583
Location
Location	Vatican City
Location on a map of Vatican City
Geographic coordinates	41°54′15″N 012°27′27″E / 41.90417°N 12.45750°E / 41.90417; 12.45750
Architecture
Architect(s)	Borromini, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola[2]
Type	Church
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1565
Completed	1775
Specifications
Direction of façade	S
Length	28 metres (92 ft)
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
Height (max)	20 metres (66 ft)
Website
www.santanna.va

The Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican (Italian: Sant'Anna in Vaticano), known as Sant'Anna de' Palafrenieri (English: Saint Anne of the Grooms), is a Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Anne in Vatican City. The church is the parish church of the State of Vatican City and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Vicariate of the Vatican City and is located beside the Porta Sant'Anna (Saint Anne's Gate), an international border crossing between Vatican City State and Italy.^[3][4]

Commissioned by the Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Palafrenieri, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola introduced the oval plan to church design, for the first time in the churches of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia and Saint Anne in Vatican, pioneering a plan which was to become influential to Baroque architecture.^[5]