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Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzio) is a Latin Rite Catholic church in Rome. It is located in the Rione Esquilino, adjacent to the Servian Walls, in an area where once stood the Macello di Livia. It is near the Oratory of Santa Maria Immacolata della Concezione. Its facade is on Via Carlo Alberto.

It has been a titular church since 1011. According to the Liber Pontificalis, this church, known as S. Vito in Macello Martyrum, due to being a site of of many christian martyrdoms. It received donations from Pope Leo III. The church had been built in the immediate vicinity of Macellum Liviae in the V Roman Region. Later, the church has its name changed and was also called Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum and finally, with its current name.

The church had fallen into ruin, when it was rebuilt by 1477 by Pope Sixtus IV. According to Mas Latrie, this deaconry became a title from 1477 until 1480, when it was returned to its older rank as a Cardinal-Deaconry. and again in 1565 when Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) created 23 new cardinals. It underwent a series of reconstructions in the following centuries.

The interior has frescoes of the Madonna, child, and Saints attribuito ad Antoniazzo Romano. It also has 19th century frescoes depicting the Madonna offering the Rosary to Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena.

Pope Sixtus V listed it among the deaconries in his apostolic constitution Religiosa. The most recent Cardinal-Protector was Umberto Betti, appointed in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Cardinal Protectors since 1754

Luigi Maria Torregiani (1754 - 1765)
Andrea Negroni (1765 - 1779)
Giovanni Serafini (1843 - 1846)
Vincenzo Santucci (1853 - 1854)
Gaspare Grasselini (1856 - 1867)
Edoardo Borromeo (1868-1878)
Carlo Cristofori (1885-1891)
Francesco di Paola Cassetta, in commendam (1901-1919)
Eugène Tisserant (1936-1937); pro illa vice title (1937-1939)
José Bueno y Monreal, pro illa vice title (1958-1987)
Umberto Betti, O.F.M. (2007-2009)
Giuseppe Bertello (2012- )

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-[[File:Arco Gallieno e chiesa di san Vito.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Titular church of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia]]
+[[File:Arco Gallieno e chiesa di san Vito.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Apse of church with [[Arch of Gallianus]]]]
+'''Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia''' (Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzio) is a [[Latin Rite]] Catholic church in Rome. It is located in the Rione [[Esquilino]], adjacent to the Servian Walls, in an area where once stood the [[Macello di Livia]]. It is near the [[Oratory of Santa Maria Immacolata della Concezione]]. Its facade is on Via Carlo Alberto.
-'''Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia''' (Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzio) is a [[Latin Rite]] Catholic church in Rome. It has been a [[titular church]] since 1011. According to the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'', this church, known as S. Vito in Macello Martyrum, received donations from [[Pope Leo III]]. The church had been built in the immediate vicinity of Macellum Liviae in the V Roman Region. Later, the church has its name changed and was also called Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum and finally, with its current name. According to ''Mas Latrie'', this deaconry became a title from 1477 until 1480, when it was returned to its older rank as a Cardinal-Deaconry. and again in 1565 when Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) created 23 new cardinals. [[Pope Sixtus V]] listed it among the deaconries in his [[apostolic constitution]] ''Religiosa''. The most recent Cardinal-Protector was [[Umberto Betti]], appointed in 2007 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].
+It has been a [[titular church]] since 1011. According to the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'', this church, known as S. Vito in Macello Martyrum, due to being a site of of many christian martyrdoms. It received donations from [[Pope Leo III]]. The church had been built in the immediate vicinity of Macellum Liviae in the V Roman Region. Later, the church has its name changed and was also called Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum and finally, with its current name.
+The church had fallen into ruin, when it was rebuilt by 1477 by Pope [[Sixtus IV]]. According to ''Mas Latrie'', this deaconry became a title from 1477 until 1480, when it was returned to its older rank as a Cardinal-Deaconry. and again in 1565 when Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) created 23 new cardinals. It underwent a series of reconstructions in the following centuries.
+The interior has frescoes of the Madonna, child, and Saints attribuito ad [[Antoniazzo Romano]]. It also has 19th century frescoes depicting the ''Madonna offering the Rosary to Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena''.
+[[Pope Sixtus V]] listed it among the deaconries in his [[apostolic constitution]] ''Religiosa''. The most recent Cardinal-Protector was [[Umberto Betti]], appointed in 2007 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].
 ==Cardinal Protectors since 1754==