Santa Caterina dei Funari is a Roman Catholic church in the Sant'Angelo district of Rome, on the site of the Castro Aureo of the Circus Flaminius. A document of Pope Celestine III in 1192 names an earlier church here. In 1534 Pope Paul III granted it to St. Ignatius of Loyola, who set up a conservatory for poor and homeless girls.
Cardinal Federico Cesi sponsored the rebuilding from 1560 to 1564. Guidetto Guidetti designed it, with Vignola and Ottavio Mascherino also credited. The travertine Renaissance facade has two stories divided by Corinthian pilasters, a rose window and a triangular pediment. It later served as a model for the facade of the Gesù.
The single nave has three chapels on each side. Altarpieces are by Annibale Carracci and Scipione Pulzone, among others. The adjoining convent was demolished in 1940.
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