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The facade of Santa Barbara dei Librai, one of the many churches of Rome.

The Churches of Rome are very many, over 900.

[edit] Ancient churches

The first churches of Rome originated by the places where the Christians met, and are divided into three classes:

the houses of private Roman citizens, who hosted the meeting of Christians (oratoria, oracula);
the deaconries were places where charity distributions were given to the poor, and were under the control of a deacon The greatest deaconries had many deacons, and one of them was elected archdeacon;
other houses, holding a titulus. These places were known as domus ecclesia.

[edit] Tituli

Only the tituli were allowed to distribute sacraments, and the most important priest in a titulus was given the name of Cardinal. Pope Marcellus I (beginning 4th century) confirmed that only the tituli were centres of administration of the Church. In 499, a synod held by Pope Symmachus indicated all the presbyters participating, listing their tituli, the ones present in that time[1]:

Titulus Aemilianae (Santi Quattro Coronati)
Titulus Anastasiae (Santa Anastasia)
Titulus SS Apostolorum (Santi Apostoli)
Titulus Byzantis or Vizantis (unknown)
Titulus S Caeciliae (Santa Cecilia in Trastevere)
Titulus Clementis (San Clemente)
Titulus Crescentianae (San Sisto Vecchio)
Titulus Crysogoni (San Crisogono)
Titulus Cyriaci (Uncertain; theories include Santa Maria Antiqua and Santa Maria in Domnica)
Titulus Damasi (San Lorenzo in Damaso)
Titulus Equitii (San Martino ai Monti)
Titulus Eusebi (Sant'Eusebio)
Titulus Fasciolae (Santi Nereo e Achilleo)
Titulus Gaii (Santa Susanna)
Titulus Iulii (Santa Maria in Trastevere, identical with Titulus Callixti)
Titulus Lucinae (San Lorenzo in Lucina)
Titulus Marcelli (San Marcello al Corso)
Titulus Marci (San Marco)
Titulus Matthaei (in Via Merulana, destroyed in 1810)
Titulus Nicomedis (in Via Nomentana, destroyed)
Titulus Pammachii (Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
Titulus Praxedis (Santa Prassede)
Titulus Priscae (Santa Prisca)
Titulus Pudentis (Santa Pudenziana)
Titulus Romani (unknown)
Titulus S Sabinae (Santa Sabina)
Titulus Tigridae (uncertain, perhaps Santa Balbina)
Titulus Vestinae (San Vitale)

[edit] "Seven churches of Rome"

It is known that in 336, Pope Julius I had set the number of presbyter cardinals to 28, so that for each day of the week, a different presbyter cardinal would say mass in one of the four major basilicas of Rome, St. Peter's, Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Santa Maria Maggiore, and San Giovanni in Laterano. These four basilicas had no cardinal, since they were under the Pope's direction. The Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano was also the see of the bishop of Rome. Traditionally, pilgrims were expected to visit all four basilicas, and San Lorenzo fuori le mura, San Sebastiano fuori le mura, and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, which constituted the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.

[edit] Churches

This is a list of churches of Rome cited in Wikipedia articles or with related files on Wikicommons. The churches are grouped according to the time of their initial construction: the dates are those of the first record of each church. The reader, however, should not expect the current fabric of the buildings to reflect that age, since over the centuries all have undergone reconstruction. Almost all the churches will thus appear considerably more recent, and of a patchwork of periods and styles.

[edit] 8th century

[edit] 9th century

Santa Francesca Romana
Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi (lost)
San Lorenzo in Panisperna (late 9th century)

[edit] 10th century

[edit] 11th century

San Silvestro al Quirinale (before 1039)
Santa Maria del Popolo (1099)
San Lorenzo in Miranda (11th century, but possibly 7th century)

[edit] 12th century

Sant'Andrea delle Fratte
Santa Maria della Pietà, also known as San Gregorio della Divina Pietà
Santi Michele e Magno in Borgo
San Salvatore in Lauro
Santo Spirito in Sassia
San Gregorio Magno al Celio (end 12th century)

[edit] 13th century

San Francesco a Ripa (1231)
Santa Maria sopra Minerva (mid 13th century)

[edit] 14th century

Santa Barbara dei Librai (1306)
Santa Maria dell'Anima (after 1350)

[edit] 15th century

Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo (1439)
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli or Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (1450)
San Carlo al Corso (before 1471)
Santa Maria della Pace (1482)
Sant'Agostino (1483)
San Pietro in Montorio (1500)

[edit] 16th century

Santa Maria della Consolazione (1506)
Santa Maria di Loreto (1507)
Santa Maria in Porta Paradisi (rebuilt in 1523)
Santa Maria dell'Orto (1530)
Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, also known as Sant'Andrea del Vignola (1553)
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (1561)
Santa Caterina dei Funari (1564)
Santa Maria in Traspontina (1566)
Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli (1575)
Church of the Gesù (1580)
Santa Maria dei Monti (1580)
Trinità dei Monti (1585)
San Luigi dei Francesi (1589)
Santa Maria Odigitria (1594)
Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1597)
Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini (1597)
San Bernardo alle Terme (1598)

[edit] 17th century

Santa Maria della Vittoria (1620)
Santi Ambrogio e Carlo (1612)
San Bonaventura al Palatino (1625)
Sant'Ignazio (1626)
Sant'Egidio (1630)
Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (1631)
Domine Quo Vadis (1637)
San Carlo ai Catinari (1638)
San Giovanni Calibita (1640)
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1641)
Sant'Andrea della Valle (1650)
Sant'Agnese in Agone (1652)
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (1660)
Church of Gesù e Maria (1675)
Santa Maria in Montesanto (1675)
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1678)
San Michele a Ripa (1693)
La Maddalena (1698)

[edit] 18th century

Santi Andrea e Claudio dei Borgognoni (1729)
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1734)
Santissimo Nome di Maria (1741)

[edit] 19th century

St Andrew's Church (1885)

[edit] 20th century

Santi Pietro e Paolo (1938-1955)

[edit] 21st century

Dio Padre Misericordioso (2003)

[edit] See also

For a list of churches of Rome, see Category: churches of Rome.

[edit] Notes

^ Some scholars have identified the 3rd century hall beneath the church as a meeting room for a Christian community. Others do not agree with this view, claiming there are no proofs of a Christian use before the 6th century. Krautheimer, p. 115.

[edit] References

Krautheimer, R., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae, vol. 3.
Churches of Rome (Nyborg)
Symmacus synod, with list of presbyters and tituli.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Chiese di Roma

Churches of Rome Wiki (English)
Thayer's Churches of Rome, including the books by Huelsen, Armellini, and Titi
Clarke's Churches of Rome
Samuelsson's Hidden Churches of Rome
Map of titular churches
Map of the Churches of Rome, from platial.com

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