The ancient church of Santa Galla was demolished in the 1930s for the widening of Via del Teatro Marcello in the Ripa district.

[1][2] The new church was built in 1940, designed by architect Tullio Rossi, and consecrated by Cardinal Ugo Poletti on the 50th anniversary of the parish foundation December 15, 1990.

[1] It houses a late XVIIth century painting which was in old S. Galla.

The church is home to parish, established December 13, 1940 with the decree of the Cardinal Vicar Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani Templum in honorem.

Since February 14, 2015, it is the seat of the Cardinal title of Sancti Galle.