至今仍被视为法国的国家教堂，并因里面有卡拉瓦乔（Caravaggio）、多梅尼基诺（Domenichino ）和圭多·雷尼（Guido Reni）等伟大艺术家的杰作而闻名。
它是由枢机主教儒略·德·美第奇（Giulio dei Medici， 即后来的教宗格来孟七世，Clemente VII）于1518年建立的，以容纳罗马的大型法国侨团。因为在当时15世纪末，罗马市只有一个供奉圣卢多维科（San Ludovico）的简单小圣堂和医院，位于圣安德肋圣殿（Sant'Andrea della Valle）附近。建筑结构项目是由丰塔纳（Domenico Fontana）完成的。工程于1589年10月8日结束，随后教堂被奉献给了法国的圣王路易。
在艺术层面，该教堂是对法国的赞美和致敬，特别是通过对法国圣人，如圣王路易（San Luigi）、圣克洛蒂尔德（Santa Clotilde）和瓦卢瓦圣若望（San Giovanni di Valois）以及历史人物查理大帝（Carlo Magno）的艺术表现。
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