There are more than 900 churches in

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. Most, but not all, of these are

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. The first churches of Rome originated in places where

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met. They were divided into three main categories: :#the houses of private Roman citizens (people who hosted the meetings of Christians also known as ''oratoria'', ''oracula'') :#the

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ries (places where charity distributions were given to the poor and placed under the control of a

; the greatest deaconries had many deacons, and one of them was elected

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) :#other houses holding a '' titulus'' (known as ''domus ecclesia'')

Tituli

Pope Marcellus I (A.D. 306–308) is said to have recognized twenty five ''tituli'' in the City of Rome, ''quasi dioecesis''. It is known that in 336,

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had set the number of presbyter cardinals to 28, so that for each day of the week, a different presbyter cardinal would say mass in one of the four major basilicas of Rome, St. Peter's,

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...

, and

Basilica of St. John Lateran The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

. In Stephan Kuttner's view, "...the Roman cardinal priests and bishops were 'incardinated' for permanent (though limited) purposes into the patriarchal basilicas while remaining bound nonetheless to the churches of their original ordination." Only the ''tituli'' were allowed to distribute sacraments. The most important priest in a titulus was given the name of

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. Pope Marcellus I (at the beginning of the 4th century) confirmed that the ''tituli'' were the only centres of administration in the Church. In AD 499, a

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held by

Pope Symmachus Pope Symmachus (died 19 July 514) was the bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 to his death. His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was elected pope by a majority of the Roman clergy. Early life He was born on the Mediterranean islan ...

listed all the presbyters participating, as well as the ''tituli'' who were present at that time: # ''Titulus Aemilianae'' ( Santi Quattro Coronati) # ''Titulus Anastasiae'' ( Santa Anastasia) # ''Titulus SS Apostolorum'' ( Santi Apostoli) # ''Titulus Byzantis'' or ''Vizantis'' (unknown, perhaps "Titulus Pammachii") # ''Titulus S Caeciliae'' (

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy, in the Trastevere rione, devoted to the Roman martyr Saint Cecilia (early 3rd century AD). History The first church on this site was founded probably in the 3rd century, by Pop ...

) # ''Titulus Clementis'' ( San Clemente) # ''Titulus Crescentianae'' (

San Sisto Vecchio The Basilica of San Sisto Vecchio (in Via Appia) is one of the over sixty minor basilicas among the churches of Rome, and a titular church since 600 AD. As such, it is connected to the title of a Cardinal priest, currently Antoine Kambanda. Basi ...

) # ''Titulus Crysogoni'' (

San Crisogono San Crisogono is a church in Rome (rione Trastevere) dedicated to the martyr Saint Chrysogonus. It was one of the tituli, the first parish churches of Rome, and was probably built in the 4th century under Pope Sylvester I (314–335). The ...

) # ''Titulus Cyriaci'' (Uncertain; theories include

Santa Maria Antiqua Santa Maria Antiqua ( en, Ancient Church of Saint Mary) is a Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy, built in the 5th century in the Forum Romanum, and for a long time the monumental access to the Palatine imperial palaces. Located at the fo ...

and

Santa Maria in Domnica The Minor Basilica of St. Mary in Domnica alla Navicella (Basilica Minore di Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella), or simply Santa Maria in Domnica or Santa Maria alla Navicella, is a Roman Catholic basilica in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the Bless ...

) # ''Titulus Damasi'' (

San Lorenzo in Damaso The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Damaso (Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Damaso) or simply San Lorenzo in Damaso is a parish and titular church in central Rome, Italy that is dedicated to St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr. It is incorporated ...

) # ''Titulus Equitii'' (

San Martino ai Monti San Martino ai Monti, officially known as Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti ("Saints Sylvester & Martin in the Mountains"), is a minor basilica in Rome, Italy, in the Rione Monti neighbourhood. It is located near the edge of the Parco del Colle ...

) # ''Titulus Eusebi'' ( Sant'Eusebio) # ''Titulus Fasciolae'' (

Santi Nereo e Achilleo Santi Nereo ed Achilleo is a fourth-century basilica church in Rome, Italy, located in via delle Terme di Caracalla in the rione Celio facing the main entrance to the Baths of Caracalla. It has been the titular church of Cardinal Celestino Aós ...

) # ''Titulus Gaii'' ( Santa Susanna) # ''Titulus Iulii'' (

Santa Maria in Trastevere The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere); en, Our Lady in Trastevere) is a titular minor basilica in the Trastevere district of Rome, and one of the oldest churches of Rome. The basic floor plan and ...

, identical with ''Titulus Callixti'') # ''Titulus Lucinae'' (

San Lorenzo in Lucina The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina ( it, Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Lucina or simply it, San Lorenzo in Lucina; la, S. Laurentii in Lucina) is a Roman Catholic parish, titular church, and minor basilica in central Rome, Italy. ...

) # ''Titulus Marcelli'' ( San Marcello al Corso) # ''Titulus Marci'' ( San Marco) # ''Titulus Matthaei'' (in Via Merulana, destroyed in 1810) # ''Titulus Nicomedis'' (in Via Nomentana, destroyed) # ''Titulus Pammachii'' (

Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Rome) The Basilica of Saints John and Paul on the Caelian Hill (Italian: ''Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio'') is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Caelian Hill. It was originally built in 398. It is home to the Passionis ...

) # ''Titulus Praxedis'' (

Santa Prassede The Basilica of Saint Praxedes ( la, Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, it, Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilic ...

) # ''Titulus Priscae'' ( Santa Prisca) # ''Titulus Pudentis'' (

Santa Pudenziana Santa Pudenziana is a church of Rome, a basilica built in the 4th century and dedicated to Saint Pudentiana, sister of Praxedes and daughter of Pudens (mentioned by Paul the Apostle in ''2 Timothy'', 4: 21). It is one of the national churches i ...

) # ''Titulus Romani'' (unknown, perhaps either

; whichever, the "Titulus Cyriaci" was not) # ''Titulus S Sabinae'' ( Santa Sabina) # ''Titulus Tigridae'' (uncertain, perhaps Santa Balbina) # ''Titulus Vestinae'' ( San Vitale)

"Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome"

In the time of Pope Alexander II (1061-1073) those priests who served at St. Peter's Basilica were referred to as the seven cardinals of S. Peter's: ''septem cardinalibus S. Petri''. The four basilicas had no cardinal, since they were under the direct supervision of the Pope. The Basilica of St. John Lateran was also the seat of the

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. Traditionally, pilgrims were expected to visit all four basilicas, and San Lorenzo fuori le mura,

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, ( la, Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim ...

, and

San Sebastiano fuori le mura San Sebastiano fuori le mura (Saint Sebastian beyond the Walls), or San Sebastiano ''ad Catacumbas'' (Saint Sebastian at the Catacombs), is a Minor basilica in Rome, Central Italy. Up to the Great Jubilee of 2000, San Sebastiano was one of the Se ...

which constituted the ''

Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome As the home of the Pope and the Catholic curia, as well as the locus of many sites and relics of veneration related to apostles, saints and Christian martyrs, Rome had long been a destination for pilgrims. The Via Francigena was an ancient pilgri ...

''. In the

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in 2000, the seventh church was instead

Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore, or the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love, is a Roman Catholic shrine in the southern outskirts of Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary that consists of two churches: an old church built in 1745 and a ...

as appointed by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

Notable churches by construction time

This is a list of churches of Rome cited in Wikipedia articles or with related files on Wikimedia Commons. The churches are grouped according to the time of their initial construction: the dates are those of the first record of each church. The reader, however, should not expect the current fabric of the buildings to reflect that age, since over the centuries most have undergone reconstruction. Almost all the churches will thus appear considerably more recent, and as a patchwork of periods and styles. Some interesting churches are now closed except on special occasions, such as weddings. These include: Santa Balbina,

San Cesareo in Palatio San Cesareo in Palatio or San Caesareo de Appia is a titular church in Rome, near the beginning of the Appian Way. It is dedicated to Saint Caesarius of Terracina, a 2nd-century deacon and martyr. History Origins In the 4th century, Emperor Va ...

and

Sant'Urbano Sant'Urbano ( vec, Sant’Urban) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,189 and an a ...

4th century

Santa Costanza - vista dalla basilica costantiniana

Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

(324) * Old St. Peter's Basilica (324) *

(325) * Santa Susanna (330) * San Marco (336) *

(340s) * Santa Anastasia (early-4th century) * Santa Maria in Ara Coeli *

Santa Bibiana Santa Bibiana is a small Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Rome devoted to Saint Bibiana. The church façade was designed and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who also produced a sculpture of the saint holding the palm leaf of martyrs. History ...

(363) *

(before 377) *

Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

(386) *

(398) *

Lateran Baptistery The domed octagonal Lateran Baptistery ( it, Battistero lateranense) stands somewhat apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 44 ...

* Santa Balbina *

* San Clemente *

* Santi Marcellino e Pietro * San Lorenzo fuori le Mura *

Sant'Anastasia al Palatino Sant'Anastasia is a minor basilica and titular church for cardinal-priests in Rome, Italy owned by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Basilica Sant'Anastasia was built in the late 3rd century - early 4th century, possibly by a Roman woman name ...

* San Marcello al Corso (probably late-4th century) *

Santi Bonifacio e Alessio The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio is a basilica, rectory church served by the Somaschans, and titular church for a cardinal-priest on the Aventine Hill in the third prefecture of central Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Bonif ...

Sant'Ambrogio della Massima Sant'Ambrogio della Massima (also Sant'Ambrogio alla Massima) is a Roman Catholic church in rione Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy, that perhaps dates to the 4th century. It was a convent until it became the subject of a Vatican investigation in the 19 ...

San Cesareo de Appia San Cesareo in Palatio or San Caesareo de Appia is a titular church in Rome, near the beginning of the Appian Way. It is dedicated to Saint Caesarius of Terracina, a 2nd-century deacon and martyr. History Origins In the 4th century, Emperor Va ...

* Santa Costanza * Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio *

* Santi Quattro Coronati *

5th century

* Santi Quattro Coronati * San Vitale (400) * Santa Sabina (432) *

(430s) *

Santa Maria Maggiore The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...

(432) *

Santo Stefano Rotondo The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill ( it, Basilica di Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, la, Basilica S. Stephani in Caelio Monte) is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, ...

(460) *

Sant'Agata dei Goti Sant'Agata dei Goti is a church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the martyr Agatha of Sicily. It is the ''diaconia'' assigned to Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. (It became ''pro hac vice'' title in 2021 ...

(460s; originally

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, the only Arian foundation to survive in Rome) * San Giovanni a Porta Latina (late-5th century) *

* Santa Maria in Via Lata *

San Paolo alle Tre Fontane San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (Italian), in English "St Paul at the Three Fountains" is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Paul the Apostle, at the presumed site of his martyrdom in Rome. In Latin it is known as Sancti Pauli ad Aquas Salvias ("St ...

* San Pietro in Vincoli, titular church for a cardinal-priest * Santa Prisca *

Santo Stefano al Monte Celio The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill ( it, Basilica di Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, la, Basilica S. Stephani in Caelio Monte) is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, ...

(483) * Sant'Agata de' Goti

6th century

Santi Cosma e Damiano The basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano is a titular church in Rome, Italy. The lower portion of the building is accessible through the Roman Forum and incorporates original Roman buildings, but the entrance to the upper level is outside the Forum ...

(527) * Santi Apostoli *

Santa Lucia in Selci The Church of Saint Lucy in Selci ( it, Santa Lucia in Selci, also known as ' or ') is an ancient Roman Catholic church, located in Rome, dedicated to Saint Lucy, a 4th-century virgin and martyr. History The church was built no later than the ...

(514) *

San Pancrazio The basilica of San Pancrazio ( en, St Pancras; la, S. Pancratii) is a Roman Catholic ancient basilica and titular church founded by Pope Symmachus in the 6th century in Rome, Italy. It stands in via S. Pancrazio, westward beyond the Porta S ...

(early 6th century) * Santi Apostoli (573) * San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (580s) * Santa Balbina (595) * Santa Maria in Aracoeli * Santa Maria in Cosmedin * San Nicola in Carcere * San Teodoro - in 2000

granted the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

and the

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community in Rome use of the church

7th century

* San Lorenzo in Miranda (Temple of Antoninus and Faustina) (141 AD) *

Sant'Agnese fuori le mura The church of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls ( it, Sant'Agnese fuori le mura) is a titulus church, minor basilica in Rome, on a site sloping down from the Via Nomentana, which runs north-east out of the city, still under its ancient name. What a ...

(mid-7th century) *

Sant'Apollinare Sant'Apollinare (locally ''Santapunaro'' or ''Santapunare'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about southeast of Frosinone. Sant'Apollinare borders the ...

San Giacomo Scossacavalli San Giacomo Scossacavalli (''San Giacomo a Scossacavalli'') was a church in Rome important for historical and artistic reasons. The church, facing the Piazza Scossacavalli, was built during the early Middle Ages and since the early 16th century ...

(mentioned for the first time in 7th century) *

San Giorgio al Velabro San Giorgio in Velabro is a church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to St. George. The church is located next to the Arch of Janus in the rione of Ripa in the ancient Roman Velabrum. According to the founding legend of Rome, the church was built wh ...

* San Lorenzo in Miranda (11th century, but possibly 7th century) *

Santi Luca e Martina Santi Luca e Martina is a church in Rome, Italy, situated between the Roman Forum and the Forum of Caesar and close to the Arch of Septimus Severus. History The church was initially dedicated to Saint Martina, martyred in 228 AD during the reign ...

(625) *

* Santa Maria ad Martyres (the rededicated Pantheon) * San Saba (645)

8th century

Sant'Angelo in Pescheria Sant'Angelo in Pescheria or in Piscaria is a church in Rome. It dates from the 8th century. "In Pescheria" refers to its location close to the fish market built in the ruins of the ancient Porticus Octaviae. History The relics of St. Sympho ...

(755 or 770) *

(800) * Sant'Eustachio (795) * San Silvestro in Capite (761) * Sant'Agata in Trastevere

9th century

* Santa Francesca Romana *

Santa Passera Santa Passera is a church in the south of Rome on the other bank of the curve in the river Tiber from the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. The current church, erected in the ninth century, incorporated a Roman tomb. The church served a sma ...

(the name comes from "Abbas Cyrus", ''Father Cyrus'') *

Basilica di Santa Prassede The Basilica of Saint Praxedes ( la, Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, it, Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilic ...

(822) *

San Lorenzo in Panisperna The church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna is a Roman Catholic church on Via Panisperna, Rome, central Italy. It was previously known as "San Lorenzo in Formoso". It was erected on the site of its dedicatee's martyrdom. It is one of several church ...

(late-9th century) *

Santi Celso e Giuliano Santi Celso e Giuliano is a minor basilica and papal chapel of the Diocese of Rome in the care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. It has held its basilica status by custom and practice since ancient times. The church is located ...

(814) *

(822) *

San Giacomo alla Lungara San Giacomo alla Lungara is a church in Rome (Italy), in the Rione Trastevere, facing on Via della Lungara. It is also called ''San Giacomo in Settimiano'' or ''in Settignano'', due to its vicinity to Porta Settimiana, built by Septimius Severus ...

* Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi (lost)

10th century

San Bartolomeo all'Isola The Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island ( it, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola , la, Basilica S. Bartholomaei in Insula) is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 998 by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and co ...

(1000) *

Santa Maria in Via ::''This Church is not to be confused with the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, a Deaconry.'' Santa Maria in Via is a basilica church in Rome. The church or a chapel existed in the 9th century, but was rebuilt following reports of a miracle. I ...

* Santa Francesca Romana * San Sebastiano al Palatino *

Santi Domenico e Sisto The Church of Santi Domenico e Sisto is one of the titular churches in Rome, Italy in the care of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans. It is located at No. 1 Largo Angelicum on the Quirinal Hill on the camp ...

(995) *

San Cosimato The church of San Cosimato is a church located in the city of Rome, Italy. It was originally built in the 10th century in the Trastevere rione and now includes the hospital known as "Nuovo Regina Margherita." Originally, it was built as a Benedi ...

* Santa Maria del Priorato Church (939)

11th century

* San Silvestro al Quirinale (before 1039) *

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(1099) * San Lorenzo in Miranda (11th century, but possibly 7th century)

12th century

San Lorenzo in Piscibus The Church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus ( en, Saint Lawrence at the Fish Market) is a 12th-century small church in the Borgo ''rione'' of Rome. It is located near Saint Peter's Square and Vatican City, but its façade is not visible from the main s ...

* San Benedetto in Piscinula (at the beginning of the

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th ''rione'' of Rome: it is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin ''trans Tiberim'', literally 'beyond the Tiber'. Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lio ...

in front of the Tiber Island) * Sant'Andrea delle Fratte * Santa Maria della Pietà * Santi Michele e Magno (in

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) *

San Salvatore in Lauro San Salvatore in Lauro is a Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located on a piazza of the same name in the rione Ponte. It stands on Via Vecchiarelli, just south of the Lungotevere Tor di Nona and north of via dei Coronari. Within Rom ...

San Salvatore alle Coppelle San Salvatore alle Coppelle is a church in Rome, on piazza delle Coppelle in the Sant'Eustachio district. History A wall inscription inside the church states it was completed under pope Celestine III on 26 November 1195, though this likely refer ...

(1195) *

Santo Spirito in Sassia Church of the Holy Spirit in the Saxon District (Italian: ''La chiesa di Santo Spirito in Sassia'') is a 12th-century titular church in Rome, Italy. It is in '' Borgo Santo Spirito'', a street which got its name from the church, placed in the sou ...

* Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1123) * San Gregorio Magno al Celio (late-12th century) *

San Gregorio della Divina Pietà San Gregorio della Divina Pietà is a small Roman Catholic church facing the ''Piazza Gerusalemme'' located in Rione Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Italy. It is located near the Great Synagogue of Rome and the former Jewish quarter of Rome. It is sometimes ...

or San Gregorio a Ponte Quattro Capi (after 1403) *

Santa Maria in Publicolis Santa Maria in Publicolis is a Baroque church in Rome. It is located in the rione of Sant'Eustachio. The facade was designed by Giovan Antonio de' Rossi. History and Description The derivation of the suffix name of the church is unclear; some so ...

(1186) * Santa Maria in Monterone (1186) * San Macuto (1192) *

Santa Maria in Monticelli Santa Maria in Monticelli is a church in the rione of Regola in Rome, sited on the street of the same name. A church was founded at the site in the 12th century and reconsecrated by Innocent II in 1143. It was known as ''Sancta Maria in Monticelli ...

Santa Maria in Vallicella Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, ...

13th century

* San Francesco a Ripa (1231) * Sant'Eusebio (1238) * Santa Maria sopra Minerva (mid-13th century) *

Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco The Ss. Stimmate di San Francesco ("Church of the Holy Stigmata of St. Francis") is a church in central Rome, Italy, in the Rione Pigna, sited where previously there was a church called Ss. Quaranta Martiri de Calcarario. It is located on via dei ...

(1297) *

Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita The Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita (St. Francis Xavier “del Caravita”) is a 17th-century baroque oratory in Rome, near the Church of Sant’Ignazio in rione Pigna. It is home to the Caravita Community, an international Englis ...

(1238)

14th century

Santa Barbara dei Librai Santa Barbara dei Librai is a small Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. It was once known as ''Santa Barbara alla Regola'' after the rione in which it was located. Today it now considered within the rione of Parione, near the Campo de' Fiori. H ...

(1306)

15th century

Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo is a titular church in Trastevere, Rome. It is the official church of the papal order of knighthood Order of the Holy Sepulchre. A side chapel is dedicated to the Order and a former grand master, Nicola Canali is entombed ...

(1439) *

San Giacomo degli Spagnoli Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore ("Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and in Spanish, Santiago de los Españoles) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona. History An ...

Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore ("Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and in Spanish, Santiago de los Españoles) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona. History An ...

(1450) *

(1472) * Santa Maria della Pace (1482) * Sant'Agostino (1483) *

San Pietro in Montorio San Pietro in Montorio (Saint Peter on the Golden Mountain) is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard the ''Tempietto'', a small commemorative '' martyrium'' (tomb) built by Donato Bramante. History The Church of San Pietro in ...

(1500), titular church for a cardinal-priest *

(15th century) * Sant'Agostino (1483) *

San Bernardo della Compagnia San Bernardo della Compagnia (also known as San Bernardo a Colonna Traiani, San Bernardi ad Columnam Traiani or San Bernardo della Compagnia al Foro) was a small church in Rome, next to Trajan's Column, dedicated to Saint Bernard and the Virgin ...

(1418) * Santa Dorotea (1475) * San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi (1481) * San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi *

Santa Maria della Consolazione Santa Maria della Consolazione is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy at the foot of the Palatine Hill, in rione Campitelli. History The church is named after an icon of the Virgin Mary which was placed on this site to console criminals who we ...

(1470) *

Santa Maria dell'Anima , native_name= , image=Santa Maria del Anima I.jpg , caption=Façade of the church. , mapframe=yes , mapframe-caption=Click on the map for a fullscreen view , mapframe-zoom=12 , mapframe-marker=religious-christian , coordinates= , location=Via di ...

(1431)

16th century

Santissimo Nome di Maria and Colonna Traiana and Santa Maria do Loreto

* Santa Maria di Loreto (1507) * Santa Maria in Porta Paradisi (rebuilt in 1523) *

Santa Caterina da Siena a Via Giulia Santa Caterina da Siena is a church in Rome dedicated to Catherine of Siena. It is sited on via Giulia in the Regola district. History This church is indissolubly linked to the history of the Archconfraternity of Siena in Rome, to which it st ...

(1526) *

Santa Maria dell'Orto Santa Maria dell'Orto is a church in the Rione of Trastevere in Rome (Italy). It is the national church of Japan in Rome. History The church is set in the middle of the area that has been called the ''Prata Mucia'' ("Fields of Mucius") since a ...

(1567) *

Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia ( en, Saint Andrew on Via Flaminia) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle in Rome, Italy. The edifice is also known as ''Sant'Andrea del Vignola'', after its architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ...

, also known as Sant'Andrea del Vignola (1553) * Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (1561) *

San Giovanni in Oleo San Giovanni in Oleo is a chapel adjacent to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in Rome. It commemorates the place where, according to legend, in 92 CE, at the hands of the emperor Domitian, the apostle John was immersed in a vat of boiling ...

Santa Caterina dei Funari Santa Caterina dei Funari is a church in Rome in Italy, in the rione of Sant'Angelo. The church is mainly known for its façade and its interior with frescoes and paintings. History The church is located where the Castro Aureo of the Circus Flamin ...

(1564) *

San Giovanni Battista Decollato San Giovanni Decollato (''the Beheaded John the Baptist'') is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, sited on ''via di San Giovanni Decollato'' in the Ripa rione, a narrow road named after the church. Its construction took most of the 16th century. I ...

(1504) * Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici * Santa Maria in Traspontina (1566) * Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte (1571) * Sant'Eligio degli Orefici (1575) * Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli (1575) * Church of the Gesù (1580) * Santa Maria dei Monti (1580) * San Giovanni Calibita (1584) *

San Giovanni della Pigna San Giovanni della Pigna is a small Roman Catholic church located on Traversa Vicolo della Minerva in the rione Pigna of Rome, Italy. The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Description Initially a church dedi ...

(1584) *

Trinità dei Monti The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti ( French: ''La Trinité-des-Monts''), is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church in Rome, central Italy. It is best known for its position above ...

(1585) * San Luigi dei Francesi (1589) *

Sant'Andrea della Valle Sant'Andrea della Valle is a minor basilica in the rione of Sant'Eustachio of the city of Rome, Italy. The basilica is the general seat for the religious order of the Theatines. It is located at Piazza Vidoni, at the intersection of Corso Vittori ...

(1590) *

Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi Sant' Andrea degli Scozzesi (English: St Andrew of the Scots) is a former Catholic church in Rome, near Piazza Barberini on Via delle Quattro Fontane. Once a haven for Scottish Catholics in Rome, it was deconsecrated in 1962 and still stands. Hi ...

(1592) * Santa Maria Odigitria al Tritone (1594) *

Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards ( it, Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, es, Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, la, S. Mariae Hispanorum in Mon ...

(1594) * Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1597) * Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini (1597) * San Bernardo alle Terme (1598) *

(1554) * Santi Bartolomeo ed Alessandro dei Bergamaschi (1591)

17th century

* Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (1631) * San Carlo ai Catinari (1641) * Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto * Santa Maria Maddalena (1699) * San Giacomo in Augusta (1600) *

Sant'Andrea al Quirinale The Church of Saint Andrew on the Quirinal ( it, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, la, S. Andreae in Quirinali) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built for the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill. The church of Sant'Andrea, an important ...

(1670) *

San Giovanni dei Fiorentini The Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini ("Saint John of the Florentines") is a minor basilica and a titular church in the Ponte ''rione'' of Rome, Italy. Dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the protector of Florence, the new church for the ...

(1602) * Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (1604) * Santo Stefano del Cacco (1607) * Santa Maria della Scala (1610) * Santa Maria della Vittoria (1620) *

Santi Ambrogio e Carlo Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as ''San Carlo al Corso'') is a basilica churches of Rome, church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausol ...

(1612) *

San Callisto San Callisto ( en, Saint Callixtus, la, S. Calixti) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built over the site of Pope Callixtus I's martyrdom (c. AD 222). The original building dates from the time of Pope Gregory III (r. 731–741), w ...

(1613) *

San Paolo alla Regola San Paolo alla Regola, a church in the Regola area of Rome, was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Its present Cardinal-Deacon, since 21 November 2010, is Francesco Monterisi, archpriest emeritus of the Basilica of Saint Paul ...

(1613) cardinal deaconry since 1946 * Santa Maria della Vittoria (1620) *

Santi Benedetto e Scholastica Santi Benedetto e Scolastica is a church in Rome on the Via di Torre Argentina, although its postal address is Vicolo Sinibaldi 1, the headquarters of the confraternity. History This tiny church is one of the smallest in Rome, and is the reg ...

(1625) * San Bernardino in Panisperna (1625) * Sant'Ignazio (1626) * Sant'Egidio (1630) *

San Nicola dei Lorenesi The Church of Saint Nicholas of the Lorrainers ( it, San Nicola dei Lorenesi, french: Saint-Nicolas-des-Lorrains) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Nicholas and the apostle Saint Andrew. It is one of the national churches in Rome de ...

(1632) *

Domine Quo Vadis Domine is vocative of the Latin for "Lord!" Domine may also refer to: * Domine (clergyman), an old English term for a parson * Domine (fish), a tropical fish * Domine (band), an Italian power metal band started in the mid-1980s See also * The C ...

(1637) * Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi (1697) *

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Saint Charles at the Four Fountains), also called , is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first independent commission. ...

(1641) * Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori (1655) *

(1650) * Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi (1650) * Sant'Agnese in Agone (1652) * Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (1662) * San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (1663) *

Santa Maria in Campitelli Santa Maria in Campitelli or Santa Maria in Portico (''Santa Maria in Portico di Campitelli'') is a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the narrow Piazza di Campitelli in Sant'Angelo (rione of Rome), Rione Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy. The church ...

(1667) *

San Carlo al Corso Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as ''San Carlo al Corso'') is a basilica church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausoleum of Augustus o ...

(1669) *

Santa Maria in Montesanto Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are two churches of Rome, churches in Rome. They are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls, at the entrance of Via del Corso on the square. The chu ...

(1675) * Gesù e Maria (1675) *

(1678) * Santa Maria del Suffragio (1685) *

San Bonaventura al Palatino The Church of San Bonaventura al Palatino is a small 17th century church building in Rome built on Via Marco Colidio the Palatine Hill The Palatine Hill (; la, Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus; it, Palatino ), which relative to the seven ...

(1689) *

San Michele a Ripa The Ospizio di San Michele a Ripa Grande (Hospice of St Michael) or Ospizio Apostolico di San Michele in Rome is represented today by a series of buildings in the south end of the Rione Trastevere, facing the Tiber River and extending from the ba ...

(1693) * Santa Maria in Via Lata * San Francesco a Monte Mario (1676) *

Santa Croce alla Lungara Santa Croce alla Lungara is a church in Rome (Italy), in the Rione Trastevere, facing on Via della Lungara. It is also called ''Santa Croce delle Scalette, due to the presence of a double flight of stairs (Italian: ''scale'') giving access fro ...

(1619) * Sant'Egidio (1630)

18th century

Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni The Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundians ( it, Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni, french: Saints-Claude-et-André-des-Bourguignons) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Claudius of Besançon and the apostle Saint And ...

(1731) *

Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano The Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum ( it, Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, la, Ss. Nominis Mariae ad forum Traiani) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. This church should not be confused with the church ...

(1735) *

Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo, popularly known as Nunziatina (or Annunziatina), is an Oratory (worship), oratory of Rome (Italy), in the Rioni of Rome, rione Borgo (rione of Rome), Borgo, facing on Lungotevere Vaticano. History The church of S. ...

(1745)

19th century

* Santa Chiara (1890) * St. Alphonsus Liguori Church (1859) * St Paul's Within the Walls (1880) * Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (1884) * St Andrew's Church (1885) * Chiesa di Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino (1892–1896) *

Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio Sacro Cuore di Gesù al Castro Pretorio ( en, Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Praetorian Barracks) is a Roman Catholic parish and titular church in Rome, Italy. History The church was originally projected by Pope Pius IX, the land being bought by ...

(1887) *

San Giorgio e Martiri Inglesi San Giorgio e Martiri Inglesi (''St George and the English Martyrs'') is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, in the rione Campo Marzio on via di San Sebastianello. It opened on 5 November 1887, having been built thanks to a major donation by prince ...

(1887) * Sant'Alfonso di Liguori (1859) * Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino (1896) *

Madonna dell'Archetto The Church of the Madonna dell'Archetto ( en, Our Lady of the Little Arch) is a small oratory in Rome, Italy, in the Trevi ''rione.'' The official title of the church is Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae ( en, Holy Mary, Cause of Our Joy). It i ...

(1851)

20th century

* Christuskirche (1910–1922) *

Gran Madre di Dio Gran Madre di Dio (Great Mother of God) is a cardinal's titular church in Rome. Its current holder is Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, who was created a cardinal on 24 November 2007. The church was established as a titular church in 1965. The ...

(1933) *

San Camillo de Lellis San Camillo de Lellis is a church on Via Sallustiana, Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550–1614). It was built under Pope Pius X, with construction (under the architect Tullio Passarelli) commencing in 1906 and the f ...

(1910) *

Santa Croce in Via Flaminia Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a basilica church dedicated to the Holy Cross on the Via Flaminia in Rome, Italy. Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat ther History It was first built in 1913 by the architect Aristide ...

(1918) * Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re (1920–1934) *

Santa Maria Ausiliatrice The Church of Saint Mary Help of Christians in Via Tuscolana ( it, Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, la, S. Mariae Auxiliatricis in via Tusculana) is a parish and titular church, minor basilica of Rome. The titulus ''S. Mariae Auxiliatricis in via Tu ...

(1936) * Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (1922), parochial church since 1926 *

Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario {{Infobox church , name=Nostra Signora di Guadalupe in Mont Mario , other name=Our Lady of Guadalupe on Mount Mario {{in lang, enSanta Mariæ de Guadalupe in Monte Malo {{in lang, la , native_name= , image=Roma, chiesa di Nostra Signora di Guadalupe ...

(1928–1932) *

(1933–1937) *

San Giovanni Battista dei Cavalieri di Rodi San Giovanni Battista dei Cavalieri di Rodi (''Saint John the Baptist of the Knights of Rhodes'') is a church in Rome, on piazza del Grillo in the Monti district. Its full title is the ''Palatine Chapel of Saint John the Baptist of the Knights of ...

(1946) *

Sant'Eugenio Sant'Eugenio is a titular church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Pope Eugene I (r. AD 654–657). History The first church here was built in a style imitating and updating the Baroque, sometimes called 'Mussolini Baroque'. The church was establi ...

(1942–1951) *

Sacro Cuore di Maria Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary), is a titular church in Piazza Euclide, Rome. It was built by the architect Armando Brasini (1879–1965). Its construction began in 1923 with the design of a Greek c ...

(1952) *

Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense The basilica of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense is one of the titular churches in Rome, to which Cardinal-Priests are appointed. It is a modern building at Piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo 8 in EUR (Esposizione Universale Roma). It is at the ...

(1938–1955) *

Santa Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires Santa Maria Addolorata a Piazza Buenos Aires ( en, Our Lady of Sorrows at Piazza Buenos Aires, ) is a titular church and the Argentine national church, on Viale Regina Margherita, Rome. History It was founded by the Argentine priest Msgr. José L ...

(1910–1930) *

San Gregorio VII The Church of Saint Gregory VII ( it, Chiesa di San Gregorio VII), also called San Gregorio Settimo, is a Roman Catholic parish church on the Via del Cottolengo (Via Gregorio VII) in Rome dedicated to Pope Saint Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085). It ...

(1961) * San Policarpo all'Acquedotto Claudio (1960), parochial church; since 2015 also (youngest?) titular church for a Cardinal-priest *

Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina ''Santissimo Nome di Maria a Via Latina'' is a modern parish and titular church at Via Centirupe 18/22 in the Appio Latino quarter, just to the east of the Parco della Caffarella in Rome, Italy. The dedication is to the Holy Name of Mary. The pari ...

(1981) *

Santa Sofia a Via Boccea Santa Sofia a Via Boccea () is a church in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Holy Wisdom ("Sancta Sophia" in Latin), one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. It served as the mother church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church while St. George's ...

(1968) (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * Santa Teresa (1902) * Sant'Elena (1914)

21st century

* Dio Padre Misericordioso (2003) *

Santa Caterina Martire Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...

(built in 2004, consecrated in 2009) - first Russian Orthodox church in Rome

References

Sources

* * * * H. W. Klewitz, "Die Entstehung des Kardinalskollegiums," ''Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonische Abteilung'' 25 (1936), 115–221. * Krautheimer, R., ''Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae'', vol. 3. * * *

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