Sant'Eligio degli Orefici stands in the Regola district of Rome, on a corner of Via Sant'Eligio near Via Giulia. The Guild of Goldsmiths, which split from the Guild of Ironworkers in 1509, commissioned it. It is dedicated to Saint Eligius, the guild's patron saint.
Raphael designed the church, with a dome and a Greek cross layout and an interior in a style like Bramante's. Apart from his work on St Peter's Basilica, it is the only church in Rome that can definitely be partly attributed to him. Baldassarre Peruzzi and Bastiano da Sangallo finished the building, and the dome is attributed to Peruzzi.
The present facade dates to the early seventeenth century and is by Flaminio Ponzio. Matteo da Lecce painted the apse.
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