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Address

Address: Vicolo del Divino Amore, 12
Zone: Rione Campo Marzio (P.Spagna-P.Popolo-Pincio) (Roma centro)

Opening times

Open only during religious services

Description

The building, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, was dedicated to Saints Cecilia and Blaise until the early 19th century.

The name of St Cecilia dates back to a double and erroneous tradition according to which the church was built on the house of the Trastevere saint, or according to which she used to gather in the basement of the church to pray. In fact, the oldest document referring to this church is a marble cippus, found in the 17th century under the altar, which bears the following inscription: Hec est domus in qua orabat Sancta Cecilia MCXXXI consacravit (This is the house where Saint Cecilia prayed; consecrated in 1131).

In 1575, the church was entrusted to the care of the Compagnia dei materassai, who added to the ancient title that of St Blaise, the patron saint of the company. Under the pontificate of Benedict XIII the church was completely rebuilt to a design by Filippo Raguzzini (1729).

In 1802, Pope Pius VII entrusted it to the Confraternity of Divine Love (now the Archconfraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Divine Love), which has its headquarters there and from which the current name of the street and the church derive.

All that remains of the medieval church is the bell tower, which dates back to the 12th century. The interior of the church has a single nave with a barrel vault, frescoed in the 19th century.

Last checked: 2022-07-11 11:23