Basilicas of Rome | Religious Itineraries

religious itineraries

A pilgrimage is a journey made for devotion, or spiritual penance to a place considered sacred.
The Jubilee of 1300 determines the value of the pilgrimage to Rome. The Via Francigena, also called via Romea, was the road that from Rome, the holy city, brought the pilgrims through the Central and Western Europe.
Already the Lombards, in the seventh century, used this way (which then runs for a stretch along the ancient Via Cassia), to move down Italy, but over time it became clear its function of communication route from the center of Christianity, Rome, to Jerusalem.

The itineraries of the major pilgrimages (Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, Rome, Canterbury, S. Michele Arcangelo in Puglia, etc) are important for their sanctuaries and monasteries.

• Patriarchal basilicas

• Minor basilicas

• Churches and art

• Sanctuary of Divino Amore

• Sanctuary of Lazio

• Abbeys of Lazio

• Synagogue

minor basilicas

Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo in Via Aurelia phone +39 (06) 66411730 – (06) 66411720 – (06) 66416551 fax +39 (06) 66411 00165 Roma via Aurelia 675 San Cuore di Cristo Re home phone +39 (06) 3223383 parish office phone +39 (06) 3223418 Listening center phone +39 (06) 3223490 fax +39 (06) 32628644 00195 Roma viale Mazzini 32 Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio fax +39 (06) 4463478 parish office phone +39 (06) 4453257 00185 Roma via Marsala 42 Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli office phone +39 (06) 8083155 Roma via del Sacro Cuore di Maria 5 San Bartolomeo all’Isola phone +39 (06) 6877973 00186 Roma Isola Tiberina 22 San Camillo de Lellis phone +39 (06) 4818188 fax +39 (06) 4885693 00187 Roma via Sallustiana 24 San Clemente al Laterano phone +39 (06) 7740021 00184 Roma via Labicana 95 San Crosogno parish office phone +39 (06) 5818255 fax +39 (06) 5817676 00153 Roma piazza Sonnino 44 San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini phone/fax +39 (06) 68892059 00186 Roma via Acciaioli 2 San Giovanni Bosco phone +39 (06) 71040101 parish office phone +39 (06) 7480470 parish office fax +39 (06) 7101021 oratory phone +39 (06) 71544579 00175 Roma viale dei Salesiani 9 San Giuseppe al Trionfale phone +39 (06) 39730889 fax +39 (06) 37223739 00195 Roma via Bernardino Telesio 4/B San Lorenzo in Damaso parish office phone +39 (06) 69887521 fax +39 (06) 68891661 00186 Roma piazza della Cancelleria 1 San Lorenzo in Lucina tel +39 (06) 6871494 fax +39 (06) 68199122 00186 Roma piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina 16/A San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio phone +39 (06) 6795205 fax +39 (06) 69783381 00186 Roma piazza San Marco 48 San nicola in carcere phone +39 (06) 68307198 00186 Roma via del Teatro di Marcello 46 San Pancrazio phone/fax +39 (06) 5810458 00152 Roma piazza San Pancrazio 5/D San Pietro in Vincoli al Colle Oppio phone +39 (06) 4882865 00184 Roma piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli San Saba phone +39 (06) 5743352 fax +39 (06) 64580133 00153 Roma piazza Gian Lorenzo Bernini 20 San Sebastiano fuori le mura phone +39 (06) 7887035 – (06) 7808847 fax +39 (06) 7843745 00179 Roma via Appia Antica 136 San Sisto Vecchio a via Appia phone +39 (06) 77205174 00184 Roma Piazza Numa Pompilio 8 Sant’Agnese fuori le mura parish office phone +39 (06) 86205456 phone/fax +39 (06) 8610840 00162 Roma via Nomentana 349 Sant’Anastasia al Palatino phone +39 (06) 6780792 00186 Roma piazza di Sant’Anastasia Sant’Andrea della Valle Tel 066861339 00186 Roma piazza Vidoni 6 Sant’Andrea delle Fratte phone +39 (06) 6793191 fax +39 (06) 6780752 00187 Roma via di Sant’Andrea delle fratte 1 Sant’Antonio da Padova a via Merulana phone +39 (06)0703739 00185 Roma via Merulana 124 Sant’Apollinare phone +39 (06) 6875211 fax +39 (06) 68164400 00186 Roma piazza Sant’Apollinare 49 Sant’Eugenio phone/fax +39 (06) 3201923 00196 Roma via di Sant’Eustachio 19 Santa Balbina all’aventino phone +39 (06) 5780207 00153 Roma piazza Santa Balbina 8 Santa Cecilia in Trastevere phone +39 (06) 5899289 00153 Roma piazza di Santa Cecilia 22 Santa Croce a via Flaminia phone +39 (06) 3240509 fax +39 (06) 32504004 Listening Center Caritas parish phone +39 (06) 3222976 00196 Roma via Guido Reni 2/d Santa Croce in Gerusalemme phone +39 (06) 7014769 fax +39 (06) 7014460 00185 Roma piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12 Santa Maria ad Martyres 00186 Roma piazza della Rotonda Santa Maria Ausiliatrice parish office phone +39 (06) 7827892 fax +39 (06) 7848084 00181 Roma piazza Santa Maria Ausiliatrice 54 Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri phone +39 (06) 4880812 fax +39 (06) 4820964 00185 Roma via Cernaia 9 Santa Maria del Popolo phone +39 (06) 3610836 fax +39 (06) 3203155 00187 Roma piazza del Popolo 12 Santa Maria in Ara Coeli al Campidoglio phone +39 (06) 6798155 00186 Roma piazza del Campidoglio 4 Santa Maria in Cosmedin phone +39 (06) 6781419 00186 Roma piazza Bocca della Verità 18 Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella phone +39 (06) 77202683 ceremonies +39 (06) 7001519 00184 Roma via della Navicella 10 Santa Maria in Montesano phone +39 (06) 3610594 00187 Roma via del Babuino 197 Santa Maria in Trastevere phone +39 (06) 5819433 parish office phone/fax +39 (06) 5814802 fax +39 (06) 5896460 00153 Roma via della Paglia 14/c Santa maria in via Lata phone +39 (06) 6796190 00186 Roma via del Corso 306 Santa Maria Nova (Santa Francesca Romana Al Palatino) phone +39 (06) 6795528 00186 Roma piazza di Santa Francesca Romana 4 Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola parish office phone/fax +39 (06) 59602716 00145 Roma via Antonio Pio 75 Santa Maria sopra Minerva phone +39 (06) 6793926 00186 Roma via del Beato Angelico 35 Santa Prassede all’Esquilino phone +39 (06) 4882456 00184 Roma via Santa Prassede 9/a Santa Pudenziana al Viminale phone +39 (06) 4814622 00184 Roma via Urbana 160 Santa Sabina all’Aventino phone +39 (06) 57941 00153 Roma corso d’Italia 37 Sant’Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso phone +39 (06) 6878335 fax +39 (06) 6861978 00186 Roma via del Corso 437 Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio all’Aventino phone +39 (06) 5743446 fax +39 (06) 5745549 00153 Roma piazza Sant’Alessio 23 Santi Cosma e Damiano in via Sacra phone +39 (06) 6920441 00186 Roma via dei Fori Imperiali 1 Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio phone +39 (06) 772711 fax +39 (06) 77271455 00184 Roma piazza dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 13 Santi Quattro Coronati al Laterano phone +39 (06) 70475427 00184 Roma via dei Santi Quattro 20 Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti phone +39 (06) 4784701 – (06) 4873166 fax +39 (06) 4873190 00184 Roma via del Monte Oppio 28 Santi Vitale e Compagni Martiri in Fovea phone +39 (06) 4823338 fax +39 (06) 4823238 00184 Roma via Nazionale 194/b Santi XII Apostoli parish office phone +39 (06) 69957843 Listening center phone +39 (06) 6794085 fax +39 (06) 69957321 00187 Roma piazza dei Santi Apostoli 51 Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio phone +39 (06) 421191 – (06) 70493717 00184 Roma via Santo Stefano Rotondo

S. Croce in Gerusalemme

It is a famous destination of religious pilgrimages. It is also called Helenian or Sessorian as it rises on the site of the Sessorian Palace, private residence of Helena, Constantine’ s mother. There are two theories about its name; the first one refers to the relics of Christ’s cross which Helena brought from Jerusalem, now kept in the iron cross on the travertine façade. The second one refers to the legend according to which the basilica was commissioned by Constantine to celebrate the victories gained over Maxentius, in the name of the cross that appeared to him in a vision and that he wanted on the vessels. Actually it was built, according to the historical reconstruction, around the half of the fourth century b.C. by the descendants of the Emperor. It was the seat of a Council in 433. It was restored for the first time under the pontificate of Lucius II, between 1144 and 1145, but underwent a considerable transformation, after which it lost its Romanesque features, in 1743 by commission of Benedict XIV.

Sant'Andrea della Valle

Sant'Andrea della Valle was designed and built by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, and Carlo Maderno between 1590 and 1650. The nearby “Palazzo Valle” gave the name of the church. The baroque facade was added between 1655 and 1663 by Carlo Rainaldi.

Santa Maria del Popolo

Santa Maria del Popolo is built on the site where Nero died and was buried. The church was built under Pope Sixtus IV. In the kiosk Augustinian stayed Martin Luther during his youthful years spent in Italy. The church contains masterpieces by Caravaggio and Bernini.

Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Basically there is only a great Gothic church in Rome. The facade is of the early Renaissance. The Dominicans built the church in 1280 with Gothic foreign workers from Florence. In the interior richly decorated there is the tomb of Saint Catherine of Siena and of the Beato Angelico. Among the many works of Bernini and other artists, include the Christ Judge by Melozzo from Forlì and the Risen Christ by Michelangelo, which nudity is covered with a metallic drape for centuries.
In the square before there is the famous Chick of Minerva. The adjoining convent of the Dominicans was established in 1628 by the Court of the Inquisition. There was put on trial, in 1633, Galileo Galilei.
However, even the back of the famous Trinità dei Monti is considered a late example of this style, built perhaps by French workers at the beginning of the sixteenth.

Santa Maria in Trastevere

The basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere dates in its present form, to the twelfth century. There are important mosaics of the twelfth century in the apse.

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Santa Maria in Cosmedin is located between the Circus Maximus and the Tiber. The Romanesque Basilica was built in the sixth Century and enlarged in the VIII Century with three naves.
The tower was built in the twelfth century. The interior of the church contains eighteen ancient columns, mosaics and a Gothic canopy above the altar.
The church is also known for the Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità), which is on a wall of entry This is probably an ancient manhole cover with the face of a God of a river. The hole to raise the manhole, the mouth, is used as a lie detector because the legend tells that the mouth cuts the hands of the liar.

Santa Prassede all'Esquilino

Santa Prassede, not far from Santa Maria Maggiore, was built in 822 and contains splendid mosaics of the ninth Century.
Particularly interesting is the Chapel of San Zeno in the right aisle, also known as the Garden of Paradise. In the church you can see a column which, according to tradition, is the one utilized in the flogging of Christ and the relics of 2.000 martyrs who were brought here from the catacombs.

Santa Maria degli Angeli
e dei Martiri

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri was completed by Michelangelo in the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian in Piazza della Repubblica. The church was then adapted to the baroque style. The transept is longer than the aisle. It contains a large group of altarpieces of the XVII-XVIII century, from St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

religious itineraries

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