Who knew? The official "parish" Church of the Vatican is the Church of St. Anne

Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri

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Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican Sant'Anna de' Parafrenieri
View of the Church and the Saint Anne's Gate (Porta Sant'Anna)
Basic information
Location	Vatican City
Geographic coordinates	41°54′14.87″N 12°27′26.92″E / 41.9041306°N 12.4574778°E / 41.9041306; 12.4574778Coordinates: 41°54′14.87″N 12°27′26.92″E / 41.9041306°N 12.4574778°E / 41.9041306; 12.4574778
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Year consecrated	1583
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Leadership	P. Bruno Silvestrini (O.S.A.)[1]
Website	www.santanna.va
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Borromini, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola[2]
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Baroque
Direction of façade	S
Groundbreaking	1565
Completed	1775
Specifications
Length	28 metres (92 ft)
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
Height (max)	20 metres (66 ft)

The Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican (Italian: Sant'Anna in Vaticano), known as Sant'Anna de' Parafrenieri (English: Saint Anne of the (Pontifical) Grooms), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vatican City, dedicated to Saint Anne. The church is the parish church of the State of Vatican City and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Vicariate of the Vatican City and is located beside the Porta Sant'Anna (Saint Anne's Gate), an international border crossing between Vatican City State and Italy.^[3][4]
Commissioned by the Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Parafrenieri, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola introduced the oval plan to church design, for the first time in the churches of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia and Saint Anne in Vatican, pioneering a plan which was to become influential to Baroque architecture.^[5]