Sant'Omobono is a church in Rome at the foot of the

Capitoline Hill The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill ( ; it, Campidoglio ; la, Mons Capitolinus ), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as ''Mons Saturnius'', dedicated to the god Saturn. Th ...

in rione Ripa. It was built in the 15th century and called ''San Salvatore in Portico''. When the church was given to the "Università dei Sarti" (the association of

tailor A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century. History Although clothing construction goes back to prehistory, there is evidence of ...

s) in 1575, the church was dedicated to their

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Saint Homobonus Saint Homobonus ( it, Sant'Omobono, german: Sankt Gutmann, lmo, San Mobon) is the patron saint of business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers, as well as of Cremona, Italy. He was canonized in 1199 at the urgent request of the citize ...

. Next to it is the

Sant'Omobono Area The Sant'Omobono Area (Italian: ''Area di Sant'Omobono'') is an archaeological site in Rome next to the church of Sant'Omobono, at the junction of via L. Petroselli and the Vico Jugario at the foot of the Campidoglio. It was discovered in 1937 an ...

, containing the remains of two Roman temples.

External links

Sant'Omobono
on roman-empire.net
Comune di Roma/Calabria/Michigan excavations

References

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