Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza ("lit." 'Saint Ivo at the Sapienza (University of Rome)') is a Roman Catholic church in Rome. Built in 1642-1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini, the church is a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture. The church is at the rear of a courtyard at 40, Corso del Rinascimento; the complex is now used by the State Archives of Rome. In the 14th century, there was a chapel here for the palace of the University of Rome. The University is called "La Sapienza", and the church was dedicated to Saint Ivo (or Yves, patron saint of
Peggy Rae Sapienza an Officer of BWAWA, she was a key factor in the formation of DC17, a bid to bring the Worldcon back to Washington DC in 2017, which was launched in October 2013. DC17 lost the site selection vote held at Sasquan in August 2015. She married her second husband John Sapienza, a long-time RPG aficionado who had contributed to TSR's AD&D and Chaoseum's RuneQuest (2nd ed), in 1999. Their honeymoon was in Australia, where not unexpectedly, Sapienza was recruited on short notice to run Volunteers at AussieCon III. More recently she was on the Bid Committee and represented Nippon, first