Below, twelve lambs are shown leaving Jerusalem and Bethlehem and approaching the Lamb of God. By means of this abundant grace, we enjoy a diverse and close-knit parish family—young, old, rich, poor, of various ethnic origins and differing backgrounds. Neda Parmegiani and Alberto Pronto: S. Cecilia in Trastevere: Nuovi Scavi e Ricerche. The church has a façade built in 1725 by Ferdinando Fuga, which incloses a courtyard decorated with ancient mosaics, columns and a cantharus (water vessel). The 18th century Chapel of Relics was designed by Luigi Vanvitelli. The name Cecilia (properly Caecilia) simply means that the patron saint here was a female member of the ancient plebeian clan known as the gens Caecilia. 9th century, rebuilt in 18th century The early excavators labelled this the domus, but it looks more like a utilitarian building such as a warehouse or horrea. Unfortunately, this restoration and tidying-up of the complex on behalf of the nuns resulted in the destruction of surviving fragments on the 9th century atrium, leaving the courtyard ranges looking much as they do now. This suppressed the ancient parish attached to the church. It has four ancient Ionic columns, the inner pair of pink granite from Aswan in Egypt and the outer pair of pavonazzetto marble from what is now Iscehisar in Turkey. The solid balustrade above the entablature was added by Fuga, and has five flaming urn finials. The monastery belonged to Benedictine monks after its 12th century rebuilding, but here as elsewhere in Rome the monastic observance suffered a collapse by the start of the 14th century. In 1935 the convent was shared between the Benedictine nuns and a community of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but the latter are apparently now at Via dei Genovesi 11/A nearby. Santa Maria in Trastevere Santa Cecilia San Francesco in Ripa San Crisogono Mentioned in … Note the organ being played, her attribute as patron of musicians (in mediaeval times, she was thought to have been its inventor). Hence all the fanciful etymologies in the devotional literature are worthless and can be ignored, as this was not a personal name. Churches of Rome Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The ceiling vault has lunettes over round-headed windows, one over each arch of the arcade, and these give all the natural light in the church interior. These are by Giuseppe Mazzuoli of 1725, and are of Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI. The external entrance loggia is mediaeval, erected in the 12th century but altered by Fuga. The altarpiece is attributed to Giovanni Baglione, but an alternative attribution is to the school of Muziano. He was responsible for "de-baroquing" several ancient churches, but was not able to get his hands on this one. However the model of the sculpture here was not in pottery, but metal. The original composition also covered the wall surrounding the apse, where the papal busts are now. A depiction of Our Lady by Annibale Carracci was there before the Reni painting. It was here from 1562 to 1661. The first unambiguous documentary reference, apart from the legend, is in the list of priests attending a synod under Pope Symmachus in 499, when it was one of three tituli or parish churches in Trastevere (the others being San Crisogono and the present Santa Maria in Trastevere). The 11th century work seems to have involved a re-structuring which raised the floor level to that of the church. In between is a row of large grated apertures in the form of Baroque cartouches (some long, some almost circular), and these give light to galleries leading from the convent buildings to the nuns' choir over the entrance. The actual proof that this was a baptistery lies in the discovery of three fragments of an epigraph on a marble door lintel or architrave, which refers to the sacrament of baptism. The ends of the loggia have a pair of Corinthian pilasters clad in a grey-veined marble, the cladding having been added by Fuga. This entry was posted in Rome, Things to Do in Rome and tagged art, church, trastevere. The conventual liturgy is as follows, according to the monastery website: Weekdays: Lauds 6:45, Mass 7:20, Sext 13:00, Vespers 19:15. Its provenance is unknown, but it was obtained for the new church by Pope Paschal. The work was abandoned in the 18th century restoration, and covered by wooden panelling until it was rediscovered in 1900. It is still claimed that the 2nd century AD house under the present church could have been the actual home of St Cecilia converted into a titulus, but there are serious problems with this. The brickwork seems not to show signs of the corrosion that tanning would have caused. To the right of the main door is the tomb of Cardinal Adam Easton of Easton in Norfolk, England (died 1398), who was titular of this church. The nuns lost their freehold to the government in 1873 but, unlike those in most other Roman convents at the time, the nuns here have managed to stay put. The date of the first church on the site is unknown, and the early history of the titulus Caeciliae is lost. This courtyard used to be a colonnaded atrium, provided by Pope Paschal. ), Sebastiano Conca, Guido Reni, Stefano Maderno. Latin name: The 1st church was built in the 3rd century by Pope Urban 1, supposedly on the site of the martyred saint’s house. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere; Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana; Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna; Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. Sundays and Solemnities: Lauds 7:15, Terce 8:30, Mass 10:00, Sext 13:00, Vespers 19:15. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is reputedly built on the site of the house in which she lived. Rome2rio makes travelling from Roma Termini to Santa Cecilia in Trastevere easy. Valerian and companions, on the other hand, are now thought to have had nothing to do with her. The two women are depicted as Byzantine princesses; the white dots on their garb represent pearls, and their red shoes are a sign of the highest rank. The sculptor Carlo Maderno also attended the exposition, and then allegedly based his extant sculpture of the body on what he saw (he left an inscription stating this to be so). This structure would have been 1st century BC. At the end of the 13th century a programme of embellishment of the interior was carried out, which involved frescoes on the walls and a new ciborium or baldacchino put up in 1283. She would have shared this nomen with all the other women of the gens, the name of which seems to derive from a blind (caecus) ancestor. The present appearance of the chapel is the responsibility of the famous early 20th century architectural historian Antonio Muñoz, and was finished in the same year. In the former century, the surviving portico and campanile were added in 1140. The Catholic Church now concurs with the opinion of historians that the legend or Acta of St Cecila and her three companions is a fictional romance of the early 5th century, and has edited liturgical texts accordingly. As a result this monastery was closed, and the complex given to a monastic order called the Umiliati in 1344. A house from the Imperial era was also found, part of which had been converted into the baptistery. These are the apostles. The ancient church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere was built by Pope Paschal I (r. 817-24) to house the remains of St Cecilia and her husband St Valerius, which were transferred to the church from the catacombs of San Callisto in 820. The floor within this enclosure is of opus sectile work, with a central porphyry tondo bearing an inscription commemorating Cardinal Paolo Sfondrati, titular priest of the church 1591-1618 (don't mistake this for the epigraph by Maderno mentioned below). The altarpiece is by Giovanni Baglione, who seriously did not get on with Caravaggio, and was painted in 1601. There is a good Paschal candlestick in the form of a twisted barley-sugar columns with Cosmatesque inlay to the right of the ciborium. Around 1300 the interior of the church was entirely redecorated. His successor as cardinal, Cerretti, is also commemorated here by a bas-relief which is by Carlo Quattrini of 1936. The facts behind the legend of St Cecilia are not easy to discern. 09:30-12:30 and 16:00-18:30 daily, frescos by Cavallini M-Sa 10:15-12:15, Su 11:00-12:30. The ceiling would have been removed, the plaster and stucco scraped off the walls to reveal any surviving mediaeval fresco fragments and the arcade columns exposed. The relief of the Madonna and Child is of the school of Mino da Fiesole. If you go round to the Via Acilia at the back of the church, you can see the ancient wall of the apse which has a. decorative brick cornice. You have to get into the attic to see the frescoes! testifying that she was depicted just as he saw her. In the 4th it was transformed by the addition of a large basin, and the re-laying of the floor around it with new mosaics; this basin might have been the plunge-pool for the bath-house adjacent to the south. Basilica . Maderno added bronze relief panels to each side of his sculpture, depicting SS Cecilia, Valerian, Urban, Tiburtius, Maximan and Lucy. Below, in the centre is the Cross with the Instruments of the Passion, and this is flanked by angels blowing trumpets. See Catacomba di Pretestato. This is an emblem of martyrdom. As well as the entrances to the external chapels, this aisle contains two altars along it and one at the far end. (In English.). The interior of the coffin he had lined with silk fabric. It was the funerary chapel of the Ponzianica family, to which belonged the husband of St Francesca Romana. It is supported by four columns of black and white marble, and has intricate Cosmatesque decoration around and on its little statues. There, you will see a small oculus in the roof gable above the apse, and in the triangle of the gable some mediaeval frescoes. $55.95. The sanctuary wall cuts off the final structural bay of the nave. The crypt is visible to visitors to the underground, but not accessible since there is a metal railing blocking access. In the centre is a rectangular pool with a large stone vase, a cantharus, which is ancient. The first doorway off the right-hand nave mentioned above leads into a blind corridor, on the walls of which are paintings of penitent saints in landscapes by Paul Brill; this Flemish artist specialized in landscapes. Zanna did the putti in the vault. The garden was laid out as an initiative by Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti in 1929. They provided a group of sisters as a nucleus of a new community, which started life in 1530. It was put here in 1900. In recent years there has been a guided tour of the underground area, on the last Saturday of the month at 10:00 (not July, August). The mosaic work was executed by Giuseppe Bravi. The apparition of St Cecilia to Pope Paschal, and his subsequent discovery of her body in the catacombs in the 9th century, is depicted in a poorly preserved 13th century fresco at the end of this aisle. There are six pilasters in a derivative Composite style, two pairs at the outer corners and the other two between three large rectangular windows with molded frames. Whether you're searching for hotels in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere on business, or hunting for a family getaway, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere hotel options are only a click away. The entablature above has a blank frieze, and the crowning triangular tympanum has the cardinal's coat-of-arms in it as mentioned. On the opposite side is the tomb of Cardinal Niccolò Forteguerri (died 1473), partly by Mino da Fiesole. These frescoes were brought here from elsewhere, the Crucifixion apparently being on the wall of a nearby house and the Madonna from the monastery. The Romanesque campanile is over the lower end of the right hand aisle, and the external chambers itemized above (except the far ancillary rooms) are under a pitched and tiled roof which also covers the right hand aisle. Our Lady and St John the Baptist flank this composition, while to each side are seated the Twelve Apostles on thrones. However the baptistery of this church was found during the archaeological excavations, situated underneath the present Chapel of Relics. The Last Judgement fresco which remains today, covering the entire width of the west wall of the entrance, is likely part of a cycle of Old and New Testament scenes by Cavallini on the north and south nave walls, based on remaining fragments of an Annunciation scene and stories of the life of Jacob. The marble sarcophagus was found to contain a wooden coffin lined with silk and with the body in a gold-embroidered shroud, just as described in the Liber Pontificalis. Excavations were undertaken under the church in 1899, under the guidance of Cardinal Mariano Rampolla. Piazza di Santa Cecilia 22. Trastevere Santa Cecilia Guest offers a continental or buffet breakfast. They then became seriously corrupt, and were definitively ejected in 1527. During the work remains of Roman edifices dating from the Republican and Imperial period were found, but some of the remains were then cleared for an expansion of the little semi-circular 9th century crypt or confessio. Perhaps the main attraction is Pietro Cavallini's Last Judgment fresco, often cited as the masterpiece of the artist who, with Giotto, was a prominent Late Gothic artist and a forerunner of the early The design was by Giovanni Battista Ceccarelli, the bust was by Andrea Lebrun and the putti were by Tommaso Righi. It seems that there was some sort of joint administration of the two basilicas at the time. One of the lesser-known churches in Rome, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Basilica is a fantastic stop if you are exploring Trastevere neighborhood. To make up for the relative lack of side chapels, the aisles of this church contain several altars. SS Peter and Paul, at the far end. The Umiliati had an unfortunate career, and lost possession of the monastery between 1419 and 1438. The famous statue by Maderno is inserted into a central rectangular niche in this, and has a three-sided balustrade enclosing the space in front of it with a pair of open-work bronze gates allowing access. The church courtyard was just empty space until 1929, with the ancient cantharus on a plinth at the right hand side being used as a plant pot. However, the nuns now realize the importance of the work and the interest shown in it, and have regularized access by payment. In 1599, while leading a renovation of the church, Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati had the remains, which he reported to be incorrupt, excavated and reburied. The guide in 2013 was Neda Parmeggiani, who has co-authored a book on the excavations. Between these apertures are crossed palms and lilies in stucco. In the apse of the crypt are the remains of an altar whose inscription indicates that it was dedicated by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) on 3 June 1080. The façade above the loggia was designed in 1725 by Ferdinando Fuga, who had been commissioned by Francesco Cardinal Acquaviva d'Aragona, titular priest of the church 1709-1724. Three longitudinal rows of grey granite derivative Composite columns (a total of twelve, with a further eighteen against the walls) support an arcaded vault with rosettes on the archivolts and seraphs and scrollwork in the vaulting. In a nearby room there is a domestic pagan shrine consisting of a niche with a tufa relief of Minerva in front of an altar. Its latest possible date is in the 11th century, because the restored floor in opus sectile or early Cosmatesque work dates from then. The monument was moved to here in 1957 because it was obstructing the entrance to the Ponziani Chapel. and up. The relics of the saints are in urns under the main altar. The original entrance was on the Via Anicia, and an entrance staircase survives with a guard-chamber. These light the nuns' choir. This finial has a form that imitates those on the parapet of the campanile. It has four storeys, two storeys of which back onto the entrance propylaeum which has three portals. With the help of her guardian angel, actively involved in her case, she persuaded him to agree to respect the vow and to go down the Appian Way to find a bishop called Urban living in the catacombs. Anderson, Roma - n. 0075 - Roma - Chiesa di S. Cecilia.jpg 770 × 597; 353 KB The frontage has a truncated ogee curve, with windows so that the nuns could see into the church. Fortunately, he left alone a strip of mediaeval mosaic just under this. It is accessed down a corridor from the far end of the right hand aisle. The entrance block facing onto the Piazza di Santa Cecilia is impressive. Denomination: This painting is now considered by art critics to demonstrate a turning-point in the history of Western art. This aisle contains three along it, and one at the far end. The carving, especially the attention paid to the drapery, is extremely lifelike. This used to be in the loggia, but was moved here to preserve it in 1785. The second storey has two arched orifices on each face, and the third one three; each archivolt has a double arc of bricks with the lower one recessed, and the archivolt springers of both storeys are connected by a string course. This statue could be conceived as proto-Baroque, since it depicts no idealized moment or person, but a theatric scene, a naturalistic representation of a dead or dying saint. 22 Piazza di Santa Cecilia There is a comment in a work called Miscellanea by Venantius Fortunatus (latter part of the 7th century), which indicates that the saint was martyred in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, about the year 177. Several interesting medieval tomb slabs and inscriptions, as well as fragments of sculpture, can be seen attached to the walls of the loggia. The triumphal arch of the apse is flanked by a pair of busts in large niches, over long dedicatory inscriptions. Address: All but one of them (San Sebastiano fuori le Mura) were doomed to have their locations forgotten. There, the rather small and square mediaeval cloister is immediately on the other side of the left hand side wall of the church, and has arcades on all four sides together with an old well in the garth. The nuns are on record as having extended this in order to provide space for burials in the 17th century. Artists: The first storey has a row of three shallow recesses in the form of arches, and this is a common design feature of these campanili. Santa Maria Addolorata a Piazza Buenos Aires, Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi, Santa Maria della Concezione in Campo Marzio, https://romanchurches.fandom.com/wiki/Santa_Cecilia_in_Trastevere?oldid=21950. There were several additions and alterations to the church in the 12th and 13th centuries. The left hand room is now the access to the underground areas. Rediscovered in 1900, the fresco may be viewed during limited weekday hours for a small 2,50 euro fee paid to the Benedictine nuns who of the church. Doing away with the saintly Cecilia proved a difficult job for the Romans. A surviving documentary reference of 1073 mentions that an altar was consecrated "in her [Cecilia's] bath", which must be this chapel. The scrollwork is embellished with flowers and little animals, and also with little tondi containing portrait busts. There was a restoration in 1957. Cardinal Rampolla wished to restore the church to its presumed mediaeval appearance, but could do little apart from having the crypt built. However, there was no persecution of the Church at Rome in his reign, since the emperor Alexander Severus had a policy of tolerance. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Lazio, a Find A Grave Cemetery. The nave has eleven bays, originally separated by twelve Corinthian columns in the arcades on each side. This is negative evidence, but more worrying is the undisturbed existence of the pagan shrine. After a group of them tried to assassinate St Charles Borromeo for daring to try and reform them, the male branch was punitively suppressed in 1571. The suggestion that it was founded in the 3rd century presumes the historicity of the legend. Roman Catholic This leaves a historical problem, since she was found in a coffin within a sarcophagus whereas Maderno depicts her lying on her side with her throat slit and with her head wrapped. The sculptor left an inscription (now difficult to make out). Gualtiero Bassetti Certain historians have suggested that these two sites concerned two Cecilias, with the one at the church simply being the original owner of the property where the titulus was founded. This led to the large, richly decorated crypt now existing, the architect of which was Giovanni Battista Giovenale. As the nuns live in strict enclosure, the choir is not accessible to casual visitors. In fact, this one painting is cited as proof of the existence of an entire late 13th century style, Roman Naturalism, which is hypothesized as being one of the main inspirations for the Renaissance art that emerged in the cities of northern Italy in the following century. The monastery was dedicated to SS Cecilia and Agatha. Did the bath-house influence the author of the legend, or the legend influence those who discovered the bath-house? Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Piazza di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, ☎ +39 6 589 9289. The wall of the apse below the mosaic is panelled in pale green veined marble framed in red marble, which is the result of a modern restoration. They are first taken to Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura to be blessed, and are then shorn and the wool given to the nuns. The altarpiece fresco depicts Our Lady with SS Stephen and Francesca. Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is one of Rome's most beautiful churches. The statue depicts the three axe strokes described in the 5th-century account of her martyrdom. There are six flaming torch side finials accompanying it. Given that the viewing arrangements for the underground areas and the Cavallini fresco are now regularized, it is requested that visitors do not accost any of the nuns or clergy to ask for access to these, if this is not already being provided. A mosaic attributed to him can be seen in the nearby Santa Maria in Trastevere. The baroque church was named after the martyr Saint Cecilia and looks rather unassuming on the outside but is beautifully decorated with artwork and carvings on the interior walls and ceilings. Details. There is a very shallow tiled pyramidal cap, and an unusual set of four finials on the corners in the form of cubes with little pyramidal caps. Staying Near Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. Rather, they are now thought to have been storage silos for foodstuffs. There, they are placed in a golden casket above the tomb of St Peter before being ceremonially placed on their recipients. The tympanum of the pediment had a smaller oculus, matching one still to be found at the other end of the church. There are three entrance doors, the central one being much larger than the other two. In the 17th century the nuns excavated a burial crypt for themselves, which was the start of the exploration of the ancient remains under the church. The mediaeval doorcases are molded, in pavonazzetto marble. Under the Chapel of the Relics are the remains of a large room with an apse and a mosaic floor; this room was restored in the 3rd century. However, on the right hand side there are several ancillary structures. The centrepiece is a trompe l'oeil depiction of the crypt for which the cardinal was responsible, revealed by an angel drawing back a marble curtain while a statue of the cardinal looks in. Because the monastic cloister is immediately against the left hand side wall of the church, there are no external chapels there. Highlights are Pietro Cavallini‘s frescoes and Maderno‘s statue of the saint herself. Unfortunately, the subsidiary chapels off the right hand aisle are now usually kept gated, and are inaccessible to ordinary visitors. There is an entrance fee of 2-5 euros, which is in addition to what you pay to enter the underground areas. Cardinal Paolo Sfondrati re-opened her tomb in 1599, and when he found her body intact and incorrupt he asked Maderno to make a sculpture of her. You really shouldn’t miss visiting this lovely church. The campaign lasted from 1712 to 1728, and the supervising architects were Domenico Paradesi and Luigi Berrettoni. These are his only known painted works, as he is better known as an architect. Problems with the archaeological evidence. A Cosmatesque floor was laid, and this has also gone. The Romanesque brick campanile was erected in 1140, and is typical of the period. The statue of St Cecilia is by Cesare Aureli. The left hand wall of this corridor is party to the adjacent Cappella Ponziano, which is rectangular, and beyond that is the Chapel of the Relics which is square. The Cappella Rampolla almost amounts to a separate building, and is a narrow rectangle with a separate apsed presbyterium. The intricate early Baroque funerary monument at the right hand end of the loggia is worth more than a glance. Above each window is a scallop shell and curlicue motif. The date of the first church on the site is unknown, and the early history of the titulus Caeciliae is lost. All … This is plausible for other tituli associated with obscure female martyrs, for example Santa Sabina, but in the case of St Cecilia the tradition in the 5th century influencing the author of the legend seems to have been well established. 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