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Typology: Church closed for worship

Address

Address: Via Agostino Depretis, 94
Zone: Rione Castro Pretorio (Porta Pia) (Roma centro)

Opening times

Closed at the public and without religious services

Description

The present building was constructed in 1785 to a design by Clemente Orlandi, over an earlier church of uncertain origin, dedicated to the same saint. Next to the church was a monastery of Romites of the Rule of St Paul of Hungarian and Polish nationality, who bought this site from the Cistercian monks of St Pudenziana to build the church, which was later given to the Holy Trinity Conservatory by Pope Pius VI.

The façade is concave and has a short convex prothyrum on which stand statues of two lions and a crow, symbols of the saint, which originally held a palm tree, later replaced by the coat of arms of the Savoy family when the church was deconsecrated after 1870.

Last checked: 2022-07-06 16:44