It was founded by Cardinal Girolamo Gotti in 1901, designed in a
Romanesque-
Gothic hybrid style by
Tullio Passarelli. In 1906
Pope Pius X made it a parish church and granted it to the
Discalced Carmelites, who still have a generalate by the church and serve the church and its convent and parochial centre.
Pope Pius XII elevated it to the status of
basilica in 1951, and eleven years later
Pope John XXIII made it a
titular church, with Cardinal
Giovanni Panico as its first titular cardinal. The
tympanum above the main entrance door depicts Saint Teresa being blessed by Christ. The interior is decorated with works by 20th-century Roman artists, including a statue of Saint Teresa above the high altar. ==Burials==