The Jesuit Church in Mannheim is a Catholic church dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. The electors Charles Philip III and Charles Theodore intended it as the court church. The Italian architect Alessandro Galli da Bibiena designed it. It was begun in 1733 and completed in 1760.
The exterior is Baroque, with a twin-towered facade of red sandstone and statues of the four cardinal virtues. A dome 75 meters high is topped by a figure of Pheme by Paul Egell. The interior ranges from late Baroque to early classical, with marble pilasters. Egid Quirin Asam decorated the dome with scenes from the life of St. Ignatius. The Crowned Silver Madonna dates from 1747 and the pulpit from 1753.
British and American air attacks severely damaged the choir and dome in World War II. The church was rebuilt in its historical style using original parts.
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