Santi Andrea e Bartolomeo is a
Catholic
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church in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
(Italy), in the ''
Rione''
Monti, on Via Santo Stefano Rotondo.
History
Of very ancient origins, its history is linked to that of the
hospital of San Giovanni.
The primitive church was built on the family home of
Pope Honorius I
Pope Honorius I (died 12 October 638) was the bishop of Rome from 27 October 625 to his death. He was active in spreading Christianity among Anglo-Saxons and attempted to convince the Celts to calculate Easter in the Roman fashion. He is chiefl ...
(who died in 638), together with the monastery, as recalled in the biography of
Pope Adrian I: «''monasterium ss. Andreae et Bartholomaei, quod appellatur Honorii papae''».
During the 14th century the church was completely renovated, then rebuilt between 1630 and 1636 by Giacomo Mola under the pontificate of
Urban VIII and finally transformed in eighteenth-century style in 1728, when the facade – which incorporates a fifteenth-century portal – was completed.
Description
The church is almost triangular in shape; the
Cosmatesque floor was created by the guardians of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Savior, Marco Diotaiuti and Giovanni Bonadies, in 1462.
It has only one altar at the bottom of the apse and contains a fresco in
Byzantine style, which belonged to the chapel (later demolished) of St. Mary the Empress near the monastery of
Santi Quattro Coronati.
Notes
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* {{cite book, author=Alberto Manodori, chapter=Rione I Monti, title=I rioni di Roma', publisher=Newton & Compton Editori, location=Milan, year=2000, volume=I Vol, page=52
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Baroque architecture in Rome