Typology:
Non Parish Church, Small Basilica
Address
Address:
Via Labicana, 95
Zone:
Rione Monti (Colosseo-S.Giovanni-S.Maria Maggiore) (Roma centro)
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Contacts
Opening times
Monday-Saturday: 9.00 am - 12.30 pm / 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm;
Sunday and Holidays: 12.00 pm (noon) - 6.00 pm;
Last admission 20 minutes before closing time.
Mass Schedule:
Monday-Saturday: 8.00 am and 6.00 pm;
Sundays and Holidays: 9.00 am, 11.00 am and 6.30 pm;
Saturdays and the evenings before Days of Obligation: 6.30 pm.
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Please note: All Masses are celebrated in Italian;
Confessions are heard in Italian and in English. Confessions are heard before all Masses on Sundays and Days of Obligation.
ROSARY: Monday-Friday: 6.00 pm;
Weddings are not celebrated in the Basilica di San Clemente;
Schedules are subject to change. Please contact the church before visiting.
Description
San Clemente in Laterano is one of the most interesting and antique basilicas in Rome. It was built before 385 and dedicated to St Clemens, the third Pope after St Peter. It consists of two overimposed churches, built over Roman buildings of the Republican period, and on the ruins of a temple of the God Mithras. The lower church was the seat of various councils during the fifth century. Destroyed after the invasion by Robert Guiscard (1084), it was restored during the eighth and ninth century. In 1108 Pope Paschal II built the upper church on its ruins, and it was restored by Carlo Fontana under the papacy of Clemens XI. The architect built the modest baroque façade using the antique granite columns for the arched portico. The interior was remodelled by Fontana, and yet still preserves the typical aspect of an antique Roman basilica: it is divided, in fact, into three naves with two marble and granite columns having Ionian capitals. The church is served by the Irish Domenican Fathers.
Educational activities
Excavations: Monday-Saturday: 9.00 am - 12.30 pm / 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm (last admission 20 minutes before closing time); Sunday and Holidays: 12.00 pm (noon) - 6.00 pm (last admission 20 minutes before closing time). Admission to the excavations: € 5,00; Admission for students under twenty-six years of age (with I.D.): € 3,50.
For more information
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
Last checked:
2011-02-02 11:13