San Callisto ( en, Saint Callixtus, la, S. Calixti) is a Roman Catholic

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church in

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, Italy, built over the site of

Pope Callixtus I Pope Callixtus I, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223.Chapman, John (1908). "Pope Callistus I" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 3. New York: Robert A ...

's martyrdom (c. AD 222). The original building dates from the time of

Pope Gregory III Pope Gregory III ( la, Gregorius III; died 28 November 741) was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which ...

(r. 731–741), who ordered the building of a church on the site. The church has been rebuilt twice since, first in the twelfth century, and the current church in 1610. In 1458

Callixtus III Pope Callixtus III ( it, Callisto III, va, Calixt III, es, Calixto III; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia ( va, Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his ...

decreed it a

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as a seat for

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. Established in 1517, the ''Titulus San Calixti'' is currently held by Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk.Cardinal Title S. Callisto
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Architecture

The seventeenth-century facade carried the coat of arms of Paul V. The church has a single aisle with a chapel on either side. Within the chapel to the right are two angels sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The chapel on the left contains the pit where Callistus I, later venerated as a saint, was martyred. At the main altar is the fresco ''Glory of St. Callisto'' by Antonio Achilli.

List of titular cardinal-priests

* Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici (6 July 1517 – 22 November 1523) *

Alonso Manrique de Lara Alfonso or Alonso Manrique de Lara y Solís ( Segura de León, Badajoz, 1476 – Seville, 28 September 1538) was a Spanish churchman. Biography Manrique was born in Segura de León in Badajoz, apparently a son from the third marriage of the famou ...

(17 April 1531 – 12 July 1532) *

Jacopo Sadoleto Jacopo Sadoleto (July 12, 1477 – October 18, 1547) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and counterreformer noted for his correspondence with and opposition to John Calvin. Life He was born at Modena in 1477, the son of a noted jurist, he a ...

(15 January 1537 – 11 May 1545) * Sebastiano Antonio Pighini (27 June 1552 – 23 November 1553) * Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia (17 July 1555 – 5 August 1558) *

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(3 June 1561 – 4 April 1562) *

Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte ( – 1577) was a notorious cardinal whose relationship with Pope Julius III (born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte) caused grave scandal in the early 16th century. Born in Borgo San Donnino (now Fidenza) to a beggar- ...

(4 May 1562 – 17 November 1564) *

Angelo Nicolini Angelo Nicolini (1505–1567) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. He began his career as a politician and lawyer and entered the priesthood after his wife died. He was named cardinal by Pope Pius IV and participated in the election o ...

(15 May 1565 – 15 August 1567) * Gianpaolo Della Chiesa (5 April 1568 – 14 May 1570) * Marco Antonio Maffei (9 June 1570 – 22 August 1583) * Lanfranco Margotti (10 December 1608 – 11 January 1610) * François de La Rochefoucauld (1 February 1610 – 14 February 1645) * Tiberio Cenci (24 April 1645 – 26 February 1653) * Prospero Caffarelli (23 March 1654 – 14 August 1659) * Vincenzo Costaguti (19 July 1660 – 6 December 1660) * Pietro Vidoni (4 July 1661 – 13 March 1673) *

Fabrizio Spada Fabrizio Spada (Rome, 17 March 1643 – Rome, 15 June 1717) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and served as Secretary of State under Pope Innocent XII. Life Born on March 17, 1643 in Rome, he was the son of Orazio Spada and ...

(23 March 1676 – 23 May 1689) * Nicolò Acciaiuoli (28 November 1689 – 28 September 1693) * Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (28 September 1693 – 24 March 1713) *

Gianantonio Davia Gianantonio Davia (13 October 1660 – 11 January 1740) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as an apostolic nuncio, Bishop/Archbishop, cardinal, and secretary of a major department (congregration) of the Roman Curia. ...

(30 August 1713 – 19 November 1725) * Prospero Marefoschi (19 November 1725 – 20 September 1728) * Leandro Porzia (20 September 1728 – 2 June 1740) * Henri-Oswald de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon (16 September 1740 –- 23 April 1747) *

Silvio Valenti Gonzaga Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1 March 1690 – 28 August 1756) was an Italian nobleman and Catholic cardinal. Gonzaga was born in Mantua. He served as papal nuncio to Flanders, 1731–1736, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1738 by Pop ...

(15 May 1747 –- 9 April 1753) * Fortunato Tamburini (9 April 1753 – 9 August 1761) * Urbano Paracciani Rutili (15 June 1767 – 2 January 1777) * Tommaso Maria Ghilini (20 July 1778 – 17 February 1783) *

Barnaba Chiaramonti Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...

(26 June 1785 – 14 March 1800) later

Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...

* Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana (2 April 1800 – 7 December 1802) * Antonio Despuig y Dameto (26 September 1803 – 2 May 1813) * Domenico Spinucci (29 April 1816 – 21 December 1823) * Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (3 July 1826 – 2 February 1831) later

Pope Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI ( la, Gregorius XVI; it, Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in 1 June 1846. He h ...

Luigi Lambruschini Luigi Lambruschini (6 March 1776 – 12 May 1854) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in the mid nineteenth century. He was a member of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul and served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See. Biograph ...

(24 February 1832 – 24 January 1842) * Luigi Vannicelli Casoni (27 January 1842 – 4 October 1847) *

Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (born at Montigny-lès-Cherlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; died at Reims in 1866) was a French cardinal and theologian. The son of a vine-grower, he at first laboured in the fields, and did not begin h ...

(10 April 1851 – 22 December 1866) *

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(22 February 1867 - 12 May 1879) * Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (10 November 1884 – 2 December 1895) *

Isidoro Verga Isidoro Verga (29 April 1832 – 10 August 1899) was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal. He was created cardinal in 1884, and became bishop of Albano and Apostolic Penitentiary in 1896, and given the titular church of San Callisto San Callist ...

(22 June 1896 – 30 November 1896) *

Agostino Ciasca Agostino Ciasca (secular name Pasquale) (born at Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari, 7 May 1835; died at Rome, 6 February 1902) was an Italian people, Italian Augustinians, Augustinian and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. He was a distingu ...

(22 June 1899 – 6 February 1902) *

Carlo Nocella Carlo Nocella (25 November 1826 – 22 July 1908) was an Italian cardinal. He was Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1892–1899), Latin Patriarch of Antioch (1899–1901), and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1901–190 ...

(25 June 1903 – 22 July 1908) *

Antonio Vico Antonio Vico may refer to: * Antonio Vico (cardinal) (1847–1929), cardinal of the Catholic Church *Antonio Vico y Pintos Antonio Vico Pinto (3 December 1840 - 8 March 1940) was a Spanish stage actor. Family provenance Antonio Vico Pinto was bor ...

(2 December 1912 – 6 December 1915) * Alessio Ascalesi (7 December 1916 – 11 May 1952) *

Marcello Mimmi Marcello Mimmi (18 July 1882 – 6 March 1961) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Naples from 1952 to 1957, and Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation from 1957 until his death. Mimmi ...

(15 January 1953 – 9 June 1958) *

Alfonso Castaldo Alfonso Castaldo (6 November 1890 – 3 March 1966) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Naples from 1958 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. Biography Alfonso Castaldo was ...

(18 December 1958 – 3 March 1966) *

Corrado Ursi Corrado Ursi (26 July 1908 – 29 August 2003) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Naples from 1966 to 1987, and was created a cardinal in 1967, given the titular church of San Callisto.Willem Jacobus Eijk Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his c ...

(18 February 2012 – )

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References

Mariano Armellini Mariano Armellini (7 February 1852 – 24 February 1896) was an Italian archaeologist and historian. Born in Rome, he was one of the founders of the Pontifical Academy of Martyrs. He is the author of ''Gli antichi cimiteri cristiani di Roma e d' ...

, ''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX'', Rome, Tipografia Vaticana, 1891
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* Christian Hülsen, ''Le chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo'', Florence, Olschki, 1927.

* Giuseppe Momo, ''Relazione sui lavori di restauro della chiesa di San Calisto in Roma'', Rome, Società Arti Grafiche, 1938. * Claudio Rendina, ''Le Chiese di Roma'', Milan, Newton Compton, 2000, p. 57. * Giorgio Carpaneto, ''Rione XIII Trastevere'', in AA.VV, ''I rioni di Roma'', Milan, Newton Compton, 2000, vol. III, pp. 831–923. {{DEFAULTSORT:Callisto, San Religious buildings and structures completed in 1613

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