Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy, in 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 ...

rione A (; plural: ) is a neighbourhood in several Italian cities. A is a territorial subdivision. The larger administrative subdivisions in Rome are the , with the being used only in the historic centre. The word derives from the Latin , the 14 su ...

, devoted to the Roman martyr

Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia ( la, Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman virgin martyr and is venerated in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox, Anglican Communion, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She b ...

(early 3rd century AD).

History

The first church on this site was founded probably in the 3rd century, by

Pope Urban I Pope Urban I (175?–230) ( la, Urbanus I) was the bishop of Rome from 222 to 23 May 230.Kirsch, Johann Peter (1912). "Pope Urban I" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company. He was born in Rome and succeeded ...

; it was devoted to the young Roman woman Cecilia, martyred it is said under

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself was ...

(A.D. 222–235). Tradition holds that the church was built over the house of the saint. The

baptistery In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French ''baptisterie''; Latin ''baptisterium''; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal ...

associated with this church, together with the remains of a Roman house of the early Empire, was found during some excavations under the Chapel of the Relics. By the late fifth century, at the Synod of 499 of

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 ...

, the church is mentioned as the ''Titulus Ceciliae''. On 22 November 545,

Pope Vigilius Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555) was the bishop of Rome from 29 March 537 to his death. He is considered the first pope of the Byzantine papacy. Born into Roman aristocracy, Vigilius served as a deacon and papal ''apocrisiarius'' in Constantino ...

was celebrating the feast of the saint in the church, when the emissary of Empress

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

, Anthemius Scribo, captured him.

Pope Paschal I Pope Paschal I ( la, Paschalis I; died 824) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824. Paschal was a member of an aristocratic Roman family. Before his election to the papacy, he was abbot of St. ...

rebuilt the church in 822, and moved here the relics of St Cecilia from the Catacombs of St Calixtus. More restorations followed in the 18th century. The

cardinal priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

who is currently assigned to Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is

Gualtiero Bassetti Gualtiero Bassetti (born 7 April 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve from 2009 to 2022. He has been a bishop since 1994 and was made a cardinal in 2014. He was president of the Ital ...

. His predecessors include: are

Pope Stephen III Pope Stephen III ( la, Stephanus III; died 1 February 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. I ...

, Pope

Martin IV Pope Martin IV ( la, Martinus IV; c. 1210/1220 – 28 March 1285), born Simon de Brion, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 to his death on 28 March 1285. He was the last French pope to have ...

(1261-1281),

Adam Easton Adam Easton ( – 15 September 1397) was an English cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk. He joined the Benedictines at Norwich moving on to the Benedictine Gloucester College, Oxford where he became one of the most outstanding students of h ...

(1383), Pope

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(1474-1484),

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(1515), Pope Gregory XIV (1585-1590), Michele Mazzarino (1647), Giuseppe Doria Pamphili (1785),

Mariano Rampolla Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (17 August 1843 – 16 December 1913) was an Italian Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, and the last man to have his candidacy for papal election vetoed through ''jus exclusivae'' by a Catholic monarch. Early li ...

(1887-1913), and

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(d. 2012). Since 1527, a community of Benedictine nuns has lived i
the monastery next to Santa Cecilia
and has had charge of the basilica. The inscriptions found in Santa Cecilia, a valuable source illustrating the history of the church, have been collected and published by Vincenzo Forcella.

Art and architecture

The church has a façade built in 1725 by

Ferdinando Fuga Ferdinando Fuga (11 November 1699 – 7 February 1782) was an Italian architect who was born in Florence, and is known for his work in Rome and Naples. Much of his early work was in Rome, notably, the Palazzo della Consulta (1732–7) at the Qui ...

, which incloses a courtyard decorated with ancient mosaics, columns and a ''cantharus'' (water vessel). Its decoration includes the coat of arms and the dedication to the titular cardinal who paid for the facade, Francesco Cardinal Acquaviva d'Aragona. Among the artifacts remaining from the 13th century edifice are a mural painting depicting the ''Last Judgment'' (1289–93) by

Pietro Cavallini Pietro Cavallini (1259 – c. 1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the late Middle Ages. Biography Little is known about his biography, though it is known he was from Rome, since he signed ''pictor romanus''. His fir ...

in the choir of the nuns, and the ciborium (1293) in the presbytery by

Arnolfo di Cambio Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1240 – 1300/1310) was an Italian architect and sculptor. He designed Florence Cathedral and the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333), while his most important surviving work as a sculptor is the tomb of Cardin ...

. The Gothic ciborium is surrounded by four marble columns white and black, decorated with statuettes of angels, saints, prophets, and evangelists. The ''Last Judgement'' fresco which remains today, covering the entire width of the west wall of the entrance, is likely part of a cycle of Old and New Testament scenes by Cavallini on the north and south nave walls, based on remaining fragments of an Annunciation scene and stories of the life of

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. The frescoes were plastered over in a remodeling under Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva in 1724, which included building an

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choir, the floor of which cuts off part of the ''Last Judgement.'' Rediscovered in 1900, the fresco may be viewed during limited weekday hours for a small 2,50 euro fee paid to the Benedictine nuns who of the church.

Luigi Vanvitelli Luigi Vanvitelli (; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as (), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an eas ...

also did a altarpiece, ''Apparition of the Angel to St. Cecili'', and a fresco, ''Angels Musicians'', located in the Chapel of the Relics, just some of his few surviving paintings. The apse has remains of 9th century mosaics depicting the ''Redeemer with Saints

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, Cecilia,

Paschal I Pope Paschal I ( la, Paschalis I; died 824) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824. Paschal was a member of an aristocratic Roman family. Before his election to the papacy, he was abbot of St. ...

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, Valerian, and Agatha''. The ceiling of ''Cappella dei Ponziani'' was decorated ''God the Father with evangelists'' (1470) by

Antonio del Massaro Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo, or ''Antonio da Viterbo'', nicknamed il Pastura (c. 1450–1516) was an Italian painter. Life and career The earliest mention of Il Pastura occurs in December 1478, when the artist participated in the establishm ...

(Antonio da Viterbo or ''il Pastura''). The ''Cappella delle Reliquie'' was frescoed and provided with an altarpiece by

. The nave is frescoed with the ''Apotheosis of Santa Cecilia'' (1727) by

Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who ...

. The church contains two altarpieces by

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious ...

: ''Saints Valerian and Cecilia'' and a ''Decapitation of Saint Cecilia'' (1603). Santa Cecilia in Trastevere September 2015-5a

Under the ciborium of di Cambio that shelters the main altar, is a glass case enclosing the white marble sculpture of St Cecilia (1600) by the late-

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sculptor

Stefano Maderno Stefano Maderno (''c.'' 1576 – 17 September 1636) was one of the greatest Roman sculptors of the early 17th century. Biography Information about Maderno's life is scarce and often contradictory. He was long supposed to have been a brothe ...

. A marble slab in the pavement in front of the case, quotes Maderno's sworn statement that he has recorded the body as he saw it when the tomb was opened in 1599. The statue depicts the three axe strokes described in the 5th-century account of her martyrdom. It also underscores the incorruptibility of her cadaver (an attribute of some saints), which miraculously still had congealed blood after centuries. This statue could be conceived as proto-Baroque, since it depicts no idealized moment or person, but a theatric scene, a naturalistic representation of a dead or dying saint. It is striking, because it precedes by decades the similar high-Baroque sculptures by

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(for example, his ''

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'') and

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( Santa Rosa de Lima). The crypt is decorated in

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style, and contains the relics of St. Cecilia and her husband St. Valerian. In the apse of the crypt are the remains of an altar whose inscription indicates that it was dedicated by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) on 3 June 1080.

List of Cardinal Protectors

, (22 February 2014 - present) *

, S.J. (1983.02.02 – 2012.08.31) * John Patrick Cody (1967.06.29 – 1982.04.25) * Albert Gregory Meyer (1959.12.17 – 1965.04.07) *

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(1953.10.29 – 1959.12.14) *

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(1936.01.04 – 1949.11.03) * Bonaventura Cerretti (1926.06.24 – 1933.03.13) *

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(1887.05.26 – 1913.12.16) *

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(1838.09.13 – 1847.06.11, 1847.06.11 – 1853.06.23 ''

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'') *

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(1658.03.18 – 1674.09.26) *

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, O.S.B. (1210 – 1212) * Pietro Diana (1188 – 1208) *

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(1178 – 1182) *Pietro (1178 – 1178) * Tiberio Savelli (1176 – 1178) *Manfredo, O.S.B. Cas. (1173 – 1176) *Pietro (1159.02 – ?) * Ottaviano di Monticelli (later Antipope Victor IV) (2 March 1151 – 7 September 1159) * Goselinus (Joselmo) (1128.12 – 1132?) *Joannes (c.1106 – 1128) * Desiderius da Benevento, O.S.B. Cas. (1059 – 1086)Hüls, p. 154-156, no. 1.

References

Sources

* Jacobus Laderchius, ''S. Cæciliæ virg. et mart. acta et Transtyberina basilica'' 2 vols. (Roma: Pagliarini 1723). * Vincenzo Forcella, ''Inscrizioni delle chiese di Roma'' (Roma 1873), pp. 17–46. (The inscriptions found in the church) * Bertha Ellen Lovewell, ''The Life of St. Cecilia'' (Boston-New York-London: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898). * Torquato Picarelli, ''Basilica e casa romana di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere'' (Roma : Romana, 1904). * Torquato Piccarelli, ''Monografia storica anecdotica della chiesa, cripta, e casa di S. Cecilia in Trastevere'' (Roma 1922). * Hüls, Rudolf (1977). '' Kardinal, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130'', Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1977. * Neda Parmegiani and Alberto Pronti, ''Il complesso di S. Cecilia in Trastevere'' (Roma : Sydaco Editrice, 1997). * Anna Maria Panzera, ''The Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere'' (Roma: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 2001). * Valentina Oliva, ''La basilica di Santa Cecilia'' (Genua : Marconi arti grafiche, 2004) (Edizioni d'arte Marconi, N. 73).

External links

Official website with visiting hours
* Armellini, Mariano

''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX'', Tipografia Vaticana, 1891. Through Bill Thayer's site

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