San Francesco da Paola, Minor basilica and shrine in San Teodoro, Genoa, Italy

San Francesco da Paola is a church in Genoa located on a hill with views of the city's harbor. The building features three naves, a large cloister adorned with frescoes, and several chapels that divide the interior space into distinct areas.

The church was built at the end of the 15th century on land bought in 1487 by the noble Ludovico Centurione to house a convent for the Minims, the order founded by Francis of Paola; tradition holds that the saint, passing through Genoa in 1483, chose the hill himself. It was rebuilt in its present form in the 17th century on the initiative of Veronica Spinola, princess of Molfetta. The convent was expropriated by the Savoy government in the 19th century and later returned to the order; Pius XI raised the shrine to minor basilica in 1930, and after heavy bomb damage in the Second World War restoration was completed only in 1970.

The church is also known as the "sanctuary of the sailors" because it is dedicated to Saint Francis of Paola, patron saint of seafarers. In the glass atrium, visitors can see numerous ex-votos offered over the centuries by sailors, a statue of the saint and a large anchor donated in 2002 by the Associazione nazionale marinai d'Italia. Every evening at dusk, the "bell of the sea" placed on the bell tower in 1930 rings slowly in memory of sailors lost at sea.

The sanctuary stands at 132 m on a hill in San Teodoro and can be reached by car from via Bologna. The traditional approach is the broad brick-paved Salita San Francesco da Paola, opened in the 19th century, lined with Stations of the Cross; it replaced a steeper, narrower lane partly matching today's Salita del Passero.

The atrium holds a large anchor donated in 2002 by the Associazione Nazionale Marinai d'Italia, alongside ex-voto offerings left by sailors over the centuries. On the bell tower, a "sea bell" installed on 25 May 1930 rings slowly each evening at dusk in memory of sailors lost at sea.