at St. Andrea della Valle since January 2017 and can often be heard practicing on weekday afternoons. Varia The church houses the cenotaphs of Popes Pius II and Pius III, who are buried in the church. The first act of the opera Tosca by Puccini is set in Sant'Andrea della Valle. However, the Cappella Attavanti used was a poetic invention. Sant'Andrea della Valle later became a model for the construction of other churches like the St. Kajetan church in Munich and the Church of St. Anne, Kraków. On the square in front of the church stands the fountain of Carlo Maderno, which until 1937 was situated in the now destroyed Piazza Scossacavalli in the Borgo. Cardinal–Priests The Church of S. Andrea della Valle was designated a cardinatial titulus on 12 March 1960. This was in preparation for Pope John XXIII's creation of seven new cardinals on 28 March. The number of cardinals had exceeded the traditional number of seventy, and new titles were needed. The following have been Cardinal Priests of the Titulus S. Andreae Apostoli de Valle: Luigi Cardinal Traglia (28 Mar 1960 Appointed – 28 Apr 1969 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso) Joseph Cardinal Höffner (24 Feb 1969 Appointed – 16 Oct 1987 Died) Giovanni Cardinal Canestri (28 Jun 1988 Appointed – 29 Apr 2015 Died) Dieudonné Nzapalainga (19 Nov 2016 Appointed – Present) References Sources Alba Costamagna, Daniele Ferrara, and Cecilia Grilli, Sant'Andrea della Valle (Milan: Skira, 2003). Howard Hibbard, Carlo Maderno and Roman Architecture, 1580–1630 (State College PA, USA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971). Cecilia Pericoli Ridolfini, Roma. Sant'Andrea della Valle (Bologna: Officine grafiche Poligrafici il Resto del Carlino, 1967). Howard Hibbard, “The Early History of Sant'Andrea della Valle,” The Art Bulletin 43 (1961), 289–318. Sergio Ortolani, San Andrea della Valle (Roma: Casa Editrice Roma, 1923). A. Boni, S. Andrea della Valle, nella sua storia e nei suoi monumenti (Rome 1907) Ottaviano Caroselli, Alcuni studiosi del Domenichino nella Chiesa di S. Andrea della Valle in Roma (Tolentino: F. Filelfo 1905). External links Andrea Valle Titular churches Renaissance architecture in Rome Burial places of popes Roman Catholic churches completed in 1650 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Religious organizations established in the 1650s 1650 establishments in the Papal States 1650 establishments in Italy Churches of Rome (rione Sant'Eustachio) Church buildings with domes Theatine churches Carlo Maderno buildings