Sant'Angelo in Pescheria or in Piscaria is a
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 ...
. It dates from the 8th century. "In Pescheria" refers to its location close to the
fish market
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built in the ruins of the ancient
Porticus Octaviae
The Porticus Octaviae (Portico of Octavia; it, Portico di Ottavia) is an ancient structure in Rome. The colonnaded walks of the portico enclosed the temples of Jupiter Stator and Juno Regina, as well as a library. The structure was used as a fi ...
.
History
The
relics
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tang ...
of
St. Symphorosa and her seven sons were transferred to the Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria at Rome by
Pope Stephen II in 752. A
sarcophagus was found here in 1610, bearing the inscription: ''Hic requiescunt corpora SS. Martyrum Simforosae, viri sui Zotici (Getulii) et Filiorum ejus a Stephano Papa translata''. This inscription refers to
Saint Getulius and
Saint Symphorosa
Symphorosa ( it, Sinforosa; died circa AD 138) is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was martyred with her seven sons at Tibur (present Tivoli, Lazio, Italy) toward the end of the reign of the Roman Empero ...
, purported to be husband and wife, who had seven sons, who were also martyred. The remains of these saints were transferred to Sant'Angelo by
Pope Stephen II in 752.
The revolutionary "tribune"
Cola di Rienzo
Nicola Gabrini (1313 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo () or Rienzi, was an Italian politician and leader, who styled himself as the "tribune of the Roman people".
Having advocated for the abolition of temporal papal power a ...
was born near Sant'Angelo. He launched his effort to seize control of Rome from the vicinity of the church in 1347.
The
Roman Ghetto
The Roman Ghetto or Ghetto of Rome ( it, Ghetto di Roma) was a Jewish ghetto established in 1555 in the Rione Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Italy, in the area surrounded by present-day Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso ...
was established nearby in the
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 ...
Sant'Angelo in 1555 by order of
Pope Paul IV
Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R. ( la, Paulus IV; it, Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in August 1559. While serving as pa ...
. The Ghetto was abolished in 1870 after the reunification of Italy or
Risorgimento
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, and the Ghetto wall was demolished in 1888. The rione
Sant'Angelo, numbered as XI, is named after the church.
The inscriptions found in S. Angelo, a valuable source illustrating the history of the Basilica, have been collected and published by Vincenzo Forcella.
In the second chapel to the left inside the church are frescoes of the ''Madonna with Child and Angels'' attributed to
Benozzo Gozzoli
Benozzo Gozzoli (4 October 1497) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions ...
(c. 1450). During the late 14th century, Matteo de Baccari dedicated part of his inheritance to the Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria in Rome, specifically to the Chapel of St. Cosmo and Damian. The chapel was not operational, but after many years his daughter, Mattea, managed to make the chapel functional.
The Church is currently in the possession of the Order of
Clerics Regular Minor
The Clerics Regular Minor ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium Minorum), commonly known as the Caracciolini or Adorno Fathers, is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers founded by Francis Caracciolo, Augustine Adorno, and Fabrizio ...
, which utilizes the attached convent as their Generalate House.
Cardinal-Deacons
1190–1599
* Gregorius (1190–1202)
* Pietro de Morra (1205 – 6 May 1206)
*
Romano Bonaventura
Romano Bonaventura (before 1216–20 February 1243) was a Catholic Christian prelate, Cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, his '' titulus'' (1216–1234), bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (1231–1243), a cardinal-legate to the court of Franc ...
(1216–1234)
*
Riccardo Annibaldi Riccardo is a male given name, Italian language, Italian version of Ricardo or Richard. It also may be a surname. It means "Powerful Leader".
It may refer to:
People A–L
*Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912), Italian violin maker
*Riccardo Bacche ...
, OSB (1239–1276)
*
Landolfo Brancaccio (18 September 1294 Appointed – died 29 October 1312)
* Pietro Colonna (died 1326)
*
Giovanni Colonna (1327–1348) Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica
* Guillaume Noellet (1371–1394)
* Pietro Blavi (1395 – 12 December 1409)
*
Pedro Fonseca (1412–1422)
*
Giuliano Cesarini (24 May 1426 – 1244) Appointed Bishop of Tusculum
*
Juan Carvajal (16 December 1446 – 26 October 1461
[Carvajal continued to hold the Deaconry ''in commendam'' until his death in 1469. S. Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
''Carvajal, Juan''
Retrieved: 2016-11-22.) Appointed Bishop of Porto
*
Giovanni de Michaelis (Michiel) (ca. 1470 – ca. 1484)
*
Giuliano Cesarini (12 June 1503 – 1 May 1510)
* Federigo de San Severino (1513–1514?)
*
Matthias Lang de Wellenburg (1514 – 26 February 1535) Appointed Bishop of Albano
*
Alessandro Farnese (1535)
*
Ennio Filonardi
Ennio Filonardi (1466–1549) was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was born in Bauco, present-day Boville Ernica.
As bishop of Veroli, from 1503 to 1538, he left an architectural mark on the cathedral. In 1538 he was bishop of Montefeltro; o ...
(15 January 1537 – 8 October 1546) Appointed Bishop of Albano
*
Ranuccio Farnese (8 October 1546 – 7 February 1565) Appointed Bishop of Sabina
*
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna (Corneus) (7 February 1565 – 30 January 1566)
*
Giovanni Ricci (30 January 1566 – 7 October 1566)
*
Scipione Rebiba (7 October 1566 – 3 July 1570)
*
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (also known as Gian Antonio, Gianantonio; 1519–1591) was an Italian Cardinal.
Life
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni was born in Milan in 1519 to a prominent family. He was brother of Gabrio (condottiero and general) and G ...
(3 July 1570 – 31 July 1577)
he Deaconry was temporarily a ''titulus''*
Ludovico d'Este (31 July 1577 – 19 December 1583)
he Deaconry was temporarily a ''titulus''*
Filippo Guastavillani (19 December 1583 – 7 January 1587)
*
Andrea Battorio de Somlio (Báthory) (7 January 1587 – 28 October 1599)
1667–2019
* Carlo Gualterio † (14 Nov 1667 Appointed – 12 Mar 1668 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin)
* Angelo Celsi † (14 May 1668 Appointed – 6 Nov 1671 Died)
* Felice Rospigliosi † (17 Jul 1673 Appointed – 12 Jan 1685 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio)
*
Giovanni Francesco Ginetti † (12 Jan 1682 Appointed – 28 Nov 1689 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere)
*
Gasparo Cavalieri † (28 Nov 1689 Appointed – 17 Aug 1690 Died)
*
Francesco Barberini (iuniore) † (27 Nov 1690 Installed – 6 May 1715 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme)
*
Carlo Colonna † (6 May 1715 Appointed – 24 Jul 1730 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
*
Prospero II Colonna † (16 Nov 1739 Installed – 4 Mar 1743 Died)
*
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra † (2 Dec 1743 Installed – )
* Flavio Chigi (Jr.) † (26 Nov 1753 Appointed – 12 Feb 1759 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli))
* Andrea Corsini † (19 Nov 1759 Installed – )
* Francesco d’Elci † (10 May 1773 Installed – 4 Apr 1787 Died)
* Vincenzo Maria Altieri † (23 Apr 1787 Appointed – 10 Mar 1788 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio)
* Raniero Finocchietti † (10 Mar 1788 Installed – 30 Mar 1789 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
* Fernando Spinelli † (3 Aug 1789 Appointed – )
* Filippo Campanelli † (29 Nov 1790 Appointed – 26 Sep 1791 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio)
* Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo † (12 Sep 1794 Installed – 11 Aug 1800 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin)
* Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane † (9 Aug 1802 Appointed – 27 Jul 1818 Died)
* Domenico De Simone † (15 Mar 1830 Appointed – 9 Nov 1837 Died)
* Luigi Ciacchi † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed – 17 Dec 1865 Died)
* Lorenzo Nina † (20 Mar 1877 Appointed – 28 Feb 1879 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere)
* Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray † (12 May 1879 Appointed – 22 Jun 1884 Died)
* Isidoro Verga † (13 Nov 1884 Appointed – 1 Jun 1891 Appointed, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata)
* Filippo Giustini † (25 May 1914 Appointed – 18 Mar 1920 Died)
* Aurelio Galli † (20 Dec 1923 Appointed – 26 Mar 1929 Died)
* Pietro Boetto, S.J. † (16 Dec 1935 Appointed – 31 Jan 1946 Died); ''pro illa vice'' title in 1938
*
Augusto da Silva † (15 Jan 1953 Appointed – 14 Aug 1968 Died); ''pro illa vice'' title
*
Elio Sgreccia † (20 Nov 2010 Appointed – 5 Jun 2019 Died)
References
Bibliography
Conradus Eubel, ''Hierarchia catholica medii aevi'' Tomus I, editio altera (Monasterii 1913), p. 49; Tomus II, editio altera (Monasterii 1914), p. 66 Tomus III (Monasterii 1923), p. 72.
ists of Cardinal-Deacons
External links
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8th-century churches in Italy
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Churches of Rome (rione Sant'Angelo)