San Bernardo alle Terme is a Baroque style, Catholic abbatial church located on Via Torino 94 in the rione Castro Pretorio of Rome, Italy.
In 1598, under the patronage of Caterina Sforza di Santafiora, niece of Pope Julius III, this church was built for the French Cistercian group, the Feuillants, under the leadership of Giovanni Barreiro, abbot of Toulouse.
Intended for use during annual spiritual devotions, it was also used to entertain friends and house a collection of books and impressive portrait prints.
[4] Later, after the dissolution of the Feuillants during the French Revolution, the edifice and the annexed monastery were ceded to the Congregation of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, after whom the church is named.
Devoid of windows, it receives natural light only from the large circular hole (impluvium) placed in the center of the octagonal dome.