San Lorenzo in Damaso
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2016) |
| Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Damaso | |
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| Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Damaso (in English) S. Laurentii in Damaso (in Latin) | |
Antonio Maria Rouco Varela |
The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Damaso (Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Damaso) or simply San Lorenzo in Damaso is a parish and
History
Archaeological evidence suggests the site, like those of many
The architect of the basilica, like that of the Palace of the Chancellery, is unknown. The design of the Palace has been attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Baccio Pontelli, while Filippo Titi suggests Donato Bramante and other authors have cited Giuliano da Sangallo and Andrea Bregno.[1] Titi also independently attributed reconstruction of the basilica to Bramante. The last restoration was necessary after a fire damaged the basilica in 1944.
The inscriptions in the basilica are valuable illustrations of the history of the
The
.Interior
The interior decoration was begun by commissions of the resident of the Palace,
Chapels
To the right of the entrance is a chapel designed by
Inside the basilica, the first chapel to the right of the nave has a 19th-century monument to Prince
The second chapel to the right has the tomb of Pellegrino Rossi, the last minister of the Papal States under Bl. Pope Pius IX, by Pietro Tenerani. His murder in 1848 in the adjacent Palace was one of the events that led to the ensconcement of the Pope in the Vatican City and the annexation of the Papal States to the Kingdom of Italy.
The first chapel to the left has the tomb and funerary monument of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan, Patriarch of Aquileia, with a recumbent statue by Paolo Romano.
The second chapel to the left contains the tomb of
A chapel near the sacristy has an altarpiece depicting the Madonna delle Gioie by
A further chapel is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of the Agonizing Jesus, and contains a portrait of Pope Leo XIII proclaiming the statutes of the Pious Union of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the chapel's 19th century architect Vincenzo De Rossi Re. The founding of this fraternity was celebrated in the basilica in 1883.
The Chapel of the Santissima Concezione was completed and frescoed (1635-8) by a young Pietro da Cortona. Other works include the monument of Cardinal Trevisan (1505).
List of Cardinal Protectors
- Joannes (attested 1044)[5]
- Leo (c. 1059–c. 1084)[6]
- Risus (c. 1105–c. 1116)[7]
- Deusdedit (1116–c. 1129)[8]
- Angelo 1133-1138
- Yves 1138-1143
- Guido Moricotti 1143-1150
- Nikolaus 1150-1151
- Giovanni Paparoni 1151-1158
- Pietro di Miso 1165-1182
- Pedro de Cardona 1182-1183
- Uberto Allucingoli 1183-1185
- Uberti Crivelli (Pope Urban III) 1185-1187
- Pietro 1188-1190
- Pierre Duacensis1212-1216
- Pietro Campano 1216-1217
- Matteo D'Acquasparta1288-1291
- Francesco Ronci 1291-1294
- Nicolas L'Aide 1294-1299
- Arnaud Nouvel, O. Cist. 25 July 1317 - 17 August 1317
- Hugues Roger 20 September 1342 - 21 October 1363
- Pierre de Banac 22 September 1368 - 7 October 1369
- Pietro Corsini 7 June 1370 - 1374
- Bartolomeo da Cogorno 21 December 1381 - 25 December 1381
- Angelo Acciaioli 20 November 1385 - 29 August 1397
- Giordano Orsini 25 March 1400 - June 1412; June 1412 - 29 May 1438
- Ludovico Scarampi-Mezzarota Trevisano 1 July 1440 - 7 January 1465
- Raffaele Sansone Riario della Rovere 5 May 1480 - 29 November 1503; 29 November 1503 - 22 June 1517
- Giulio de Medici (Pope Clement VII) 6 June 1517 - 19 November 1523
- Pompeo Colonna 11 January 1524 - 28 June 1532
- Ippolito de Medici3 July 1532 - 10 August 1535
- Alessandro Farnese 13 August 1535 - 14 April 1564; 14 April 1564 - 12 May 1564; 12 May 1564 - 2 March 1589
- Alessandro Damasceni Peretti13 March 1589 - 30 March 1620; 30 March 1620 - 2 June 1623
- Ludovico Ludovisi 7 June 1623 - 18 November 1632
- Francesco Barberini 21 November 1632 - 14 November 1644; 14 November 1644 - 10 December 1679
- Lorenzo Raggi 6 February 1679 - 8 January 1680
- Pietro Ottoboni14 November 1689 - 26 June 1724; 26 June 1724 - 29 January 1725; 29 January 1725 - 29 February 1740
- Tommaso Ruffo 29 August 1740 - 16 February 1753
- Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra 12 March 1753 - 20 September 1756
- Alberico Archinto 20 September 1756 - 30 September 1758
- Carlo Rezzonico (iuniore)22 November 1758 - 24 January 1763
- Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York14 January 1763 - 13 July 1807
- Francesco Carafa di Trajetto3 August 1807 - 20 September 1818
- Giulio Maria della Somaglia 2 October 1818 - 2 April 1830
- Tommaso Arezzo 5 July 1830 - 3 July 1833
- Carlo Maria Pedicini 19 December 1834 - 19 November 1843
- Tommaso Bernetti 22 January 1844 - 21 March 1852
- Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso 27 September 1852 - 30 March 1878
- Antonio Saverio De Luca 15 July 1878 - 28 December 1883
- Teodolfo Martel 24 March 1884 - 11 July 1899
- Lucido Maria Parocchi14 December 1899 - 15 January 1903
- Antonio Agliardi 22 June 1903 - 19 March 1915
- Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo 6 December 1915 - 11 July 1927
- Andreas Franz Frühwirth, OP 19 December 1927 - 9 February 1933
- Tommaso Pio Boggiani, OP 13 March 1933 - 26 February 1942
- Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini 9 June 1958 - 17 October 1958
- Santiago Luis Copello14 December 1959 - 9 February 1967
- Luigi Traglia 28 April 1969 - 15 March 1972
- Narciso Jubany Arnau5 March 1973 - 26 December 1996
- Antonio Maria Rouco Varela21 February 1998 – present
References
- ^ Titi, Filippo (1763). Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma. Marco Pagliarini, Rome. pp. 121–124.
- ^ V. Forcella, Inscrizioni delle chese e d' altre edifici di Roma, dal secolo XI fino al secolo XVI, Volume 5 (Roma: Fratelli Bencini, 1874), pp. 163-218.
- ^ This may in fact be Pietro da Cortona[citation needed].
- ^ Titi, page 122.
- ^ Hüls, p. 178, no. 1.
- ^ Hüls, pp. 178-179, no. 2.
- ^ Hüls, p. 179, no. 3.
- ^ Hüls, p. 179-180, no. 4.
Sources
- Hüls, Rudolf (1977). Kardinal, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1977. (in German)
- Quarantoreat San Lorenzo in Damaso, c. 1632
External links
- Lucentini, M. (31 December 2012). The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History's Greatest City. Interlink. ISBN 9781623710088.
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| Preceded by Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio |
Landmarks of Rome San Lorenzo in Damaso |
Succeeded by San Lorenzo in Lucina |