Lentorama 2026: Hic es: aedificia Vaticani

Day 26: Cappella di Santa Maria Regina della Famiglia

The Church of St. Mary Queen of the Family is part of the Governor's Palace complex. I've seen it referred to as being in the palace, but the maps and photos I've been looking at do make me think that the description of the palace as individual buildings later connected is correct. There's not a ton of information out there about the church, but it looks to have been built at the same time as the rest of the palace complex by our favorite Vatican architect and builder, Giuseppe Momo.

About the only other thing I can find about the church is that Pope Francis attended the funeral there of his personal physician, who passed away in 2021.