Santa Maria Maggiore
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore | |
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Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major | |
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Groundbreaking | 432 |
Completed | 1743 |
Specifications | |
Length | 92 meters (302 ft) |
Width | 80 meters (260 ft) |
Nave width | 30 meters (98 ft) |
Height | 75 meters (246 ft) |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
Clergy | |
Archpriest | Stanisław Ryłko |
Europe and North America |
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major (
The basilica enshrines the venerated image of
Pursuant to the Lateran Treaty of 1929 between the Holy See and Italy, the Basilica is within Italian territory and not the territory of the Vatican City State.[2] However, the Holy See fully owns the Basilica, and Italy is legally obligated to recognize its full ownership thereof[3] and to concede to it "the immunity granted by International Law to the headquarters of the diplomatic agents of foreign States."[2] In other words, the complex of buildings has a status somewhat similar to a foreign embassy.
Names
The Basilica is sometimes referred to as
The legend is first reported only after the year 1000.[6] It may be implied in what the Liber Pontificalis, of the early 13th century, says of Pope Liberius: "He built the basilica of his own name (i.e. the Liberian Basilica) near the Macellum of Livia".[7] Its prevalence in the 15th century is shown in the painting of the Miracle of the Snow by Masolino da Panicale.[8][b]
The feast was originally called Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae (Dedication of Saint Mary's),[9] and was celebrated only in Rome until inserted for the first time into the General Roman Calendar, with ad Nives added to its name, in 1568.[4] A congregation appointed by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741 proposed that the reading of the legend be struck from the Office and that the feast be given its original name.[9] No action was taken on the proposal until 1969, when the reading of the legend was removed and the feast was called In dedicatione Basilicae S. Mariae (Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary).[4] The legend is still commemorated by dropping white rose petals from the dome during the celebration of the Mass and Second Vespers of the feast.
The earliest building on the site was the Liberian Basilica or Santa Maria Liberiana, after Pope Liberius (352–366). This name may have originated from the same legend, which recounts that, like John and his wife, Pope Liberius was told in a dream of the forthcoming summer snowfall, went in procession to where it did occur and there marked out the area on which the church was to be built.[10] Liberiana is still included in some versions of the basilica's formal name, and "Liberian Basilica" may be used as a contemporary as well as historical name.[c]
On the other hand, the name "Liberian Basilica" may be independent of the legend, since, according to Pius Parsch, Pope Liberius transformed a palace of the Sicinini family into a church, which was for that reason called the Sicinini Basilica. This building was then replaced under Pope Sixtus III (432–440) by the present structure dedicated to Mary.[10] However, some sources say that the adaptation as a church of a pre-existing building on the site of the present basilica was done in the 420s under Pope Celestine I, the immediate predecessor of Sixtus III.[11]
Long before the earliest traces of the story of the miraculous snow, the church now known as Saint Mary Major was called Saint Mary of the Crib (Sancta Maria ad Praesepe),
Status as a papal major basilica
No
The five papal basilicas along with the
History
It is now agreed that the present church was built on the Cispian spur of Rome's Esquiline Hill under Pope Celestine I (422–432) not under Pope Sixtus III (432–440), who consecrated the basilica on the 5th of August 434 to the Virgin Mary.
The dedicatory inscription on the triumphal arch, Sixtus Episcopus plebi Dei (Sixtus the bishop to the people of God), is an indication of that Pope's role in the construction.[24] As well as this church on the summit of the Esquiline Hill, Pope Sixtus III is said to have commissioned extensive building projects throughout the city, which were continued by his successor Pope Leo I, the Great.[25]
The church retains the core of its original structure, despite several additional construction projects and damage by the
Church building in Rome in this period, as exemplified in Santa Maria Maggiore, was inspired by the idea of Rome being not just the center of the world of the Roman Empire, as it was seen in the classical period, but the center of the Christian world.[26]
Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the first churches built to celebrate the Virgin Mary, was erected in the immediate aftermath of the
Richard Krautheimer attributes the magnificence of the work also to the abundant revenue accruing to the papacy at the time from land holdings acquired by the Catholic Church during the 4th and 5th centuries on the Italian peninsula: "Some of these holdings were locally controlled; the majority as early as the end of the 5th century were administered directly from Rome with great efficiency: a central accounting system was involved in the papal chancery; and a budget was apparently prepared, one part of the income going to the papal administration, another to the needs of the clergy, a third to the maintenance of church buildings, a fourth to charity. These fines enabled the papacy to carry out through the 5th century an ambitious building program, including Santa Maria Maggiore."[31]
Miri Rubin believes that the building of the basilica was influenced also by seeing Mary as one who could represent the imperial ideals of classical Rome, bringing together the old Rome and the new Christian Rome: "In Rome, the city of martyrs, if no longer of emperors, Mary was a figure that could credibly carry imperial memories and representations."[32]
When the popes returned to Rome after the period of the
The basilica was restored, redecorated and extended by various popes, including Eugene III (1145–1153), Nicholas IV (1288–92), Clement X (1670–76), and Benedict XIV (1740–58), who in the 1740s commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to build the present façade and to modify the interior. The interior of the Santa Maria Maggiore underwent a broad renovation encompassing all of its altars between the years 1575 and 1630.
In 1966, archeologists excavating under the basilica found the remains of a Roman building including an
On 15 December 2015, two homeless
Architecture
The original architecture of Santa Maria Maggiore was classical and traditionally
Even though Santa Maria Maggiore is immense in its area, it was built to plan. The design of the basilica was a typical one during this time in Rome: "a tall and wide nave; an aisle on either side; and a semicircular apse at the end of the nave."
The Athenian marble columns supporting the nave are even older, and either come from the first basilica, or from another antique Roman building; thirty-six are marble and four granite, pared down, or shortened to make them identical by Ferdinando Fuga, who provided them with identical gilt-bronze capitals.
The 12th-century façade has been masked by a reconstruction, with a screening loggia, that was added by Pope Benedict XIV in 1743, to designs by Ferdinando Fuga that did not damage the mosaics of the façade. The wing of the canonica (sacristy) to its left and a matching wing to the right (designed by Flaminio Ponzio) give the basilica's front the aspect of a palace facing the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore. To the right of the Basilica's façade is a memorial constituting a column in the form of an up-ended cannon barrel topped with a cross: it was erected by Pope Clement VIII to celebrate the end of the French Wars of Religion.[41]
In the piazza in front of the facade rises a column with a Corinthian capital, topped with a statue of the Virgin and the child Jesus. This
Interior
Fifth-century mosaics
The mosaics found in Santa Maria Maggiore are one of the oldest representations of the Virgin Mary in Christian
These mosaics gave historians insight into artistic, religious, and social movements during this time. As Margaret Miles explains the mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore have two goals: one to glorify the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (God-Bearer); and the other to present "a systematic and comprehensive articulation of the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian scriptures as one in which the Hebrew Bible foreshadows Christianity."[45] This is explained by the dual images of Old Testament and New Testament events depicted in the mosaics of the triumphal arch and the nave. The mosaics also show the range of artistic expertise and refute the theory that mosaic technique during the time was based on copying from model books. The mosaics found in Santa Maria Maggiore are combinations of different styles of mosaic art during the time, according to art scholar Robin Cormack: "the range of artistic expertise and the actual complexities of production can hardly be reduced to a mentality of copying. A test case is given by the mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome".[29]
Triumphal arch
The triumphal arch at the head of the nave was at first referred to as the apse arch, but later became known as the triumphal arch.[46] The triumphal arch is illustrated with magnificent mosaics depicting different scenes of Christ and the Virgin Mary. There was a difference in the styles used in the triumphal arch mosaics compared to those of the nave; the style of the triumphal arch was much more linear and flat as one scholar describes it, not nearly as much action, emotion and movement in them as there were in the Old Testament mosaics of the nave.[29] One of the first scenes that were visible on the triumphal arch was a panel of Christ's enthronement with a group of angels as his court. As one historian describes it: "On the apse arch Christ is enthroned, a young emperor attended by four chamberlains, angels of course",[26] this is a perfect example of mosaic art in the 5th century. Another panel found on the triumphal arch is of the Virgin, she is crowned and dressed in a colorful veil, her wardrobe subtly brings to mind that of a Roman empress and in this panel she has her divine son walking with her and a suite of angels and Joseph ready to greet her; "The Virgin...shows to perfection the impressionistic character of mosaics."[47] Another panel is known as the Adoration of the Magi and this mosaic depicts Infant Christ and The Virgin and the arrival of the three wise men, "mosaics illustrating Christ's first coming and his youth covered the triumphal arch."[47] The other panel depicts the Virgin accompanied by five martyrs.[24]
The nave of the basilica was covered in mosaics representing Old Testament events of Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt across the Red Sea. "The nave mosaics (which represents stories of Old Testament history and accordingly offered Christians in Rome a new 'past') are illusionistic in a colorful and impressionist manner"[29] as this scholar puts it the scene was filled with movement, emotion, and it was to inspire thinking of Rome's "new" past; the past of the Old Testament. As one scholar describes it: "Moses strikes the waters of the Red Sea in a heroic gesture, his toga in light and dark grays and blues, but lined in black, the folds white lines, the tunic underneath light blue; the man next to him wears a deep blue toga over a gray and white tunic."[24] Another panel shows the demise of the Egyptians in the Red Sea. An observer describes the mosaic: "The Egyptians, clad in blue armor with gold bands and scarlet cloaks wildly flying, drown in the greenish-blue waters; the horses, white or light brown shaded with darker browns, highlighted in white, the accoutrements a bright red."[47]
Cappella Sistina and Crypt of the Nativity
Under the high altar of the basilica is the Crypt of the Nativity or Bethlehem Crypt, with a crystal reliquary designed by
Fragments of the sculpture of the Nativity believed to be by 13th-century Arnolfo di Cambio were transferred to beneath the altar of the large Sistine Chapel[48] off the right transept of the church. This chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is named after Pope Sixtus V, and is not to be confused with the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, named after Pope Sixtus IV. The architect Domenico Fontana designed the chapel, which contains the tombs of Sixtus V himself and of his early patron Pope Pius V. The main altar in the chapel has four gilded bronze angels by Sebastiano Torregiani, holding up the ciborium, which is a model of the chapel itself.
Beneath this altar is the Oratory or Chapel of the Nativity, on whose altar, at that time situated in the Crypt of the Nativity below the main altar of the church itself, Ignatius of Loyola celebrated his first Mass as a priest on 25 December 1538.
Just outside the Sistine Chapel is the tomb of
The Mannerist interior decoration of the Sistine Chapel was completed (1587–1589) by a large team of artists, directed by Cesare Nebbia and Giovanni Guerra. While the art biographer, Giovanni Baglione allocates specific works to individual artists, recent scholarship finds that the hand of Nebbia drew preliminary sketches for many, if not all, of the frescoes. Baglione also concedes the roles of Nebbia and Guerra could be summarized as "Nebbia drew, and Guerra supervised the teams".[citation needed]
Painter | Work |
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Giovanni Battista Pozzo | Angelic Glory, Visitation, Annunciation, Joseph's dream, St. Paul & John Evangelist, St. Peter enters Rome,& Massacre of infants |
Lattanzio Mainardi | Tamar, Fares, Zara, Solomon, & Boaz |
Hendrick van den Broeck (Arrigo Fiammingo) | Esrom, Aram, Aminabad & Naassom |
Paris Nogari | Ruth, Jesse, David, Solomon & Roboam; & the Holy Family |
Giacomo Stella | Jehoshaphat & Jehoram, Jacob, Judah & his brothers, Sacrifice of Isacc |
Angiolo Nebbia | Ozias & Jonathan, Abiud and Eliacim, Manassah and Amon, Josiah and Jechonia, Salatiele & Zorobabel |
Salvatore Fontana | Jacob, Eli, Eliezer and Nathan, Herod orders massacre of the innocents, Annunciation |
Cesare Nebbia | Chaziel & Ezekias, Sadoch, Achim, Amoz |
Ercole from Bologna | Flight from Egypt and Mary visits Elisabeth's house |
Andrea Lilio | Magi before Herod |
Others include Ferdinando Sermei, Giacomo Stella, Paul Bril, and Ferraù Fenzoni.[50]
Cappella Paolina (or Borghese Chapel) and Salus Populi Romani
The column in the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore celebrates the famous icon of the Virgin Mary now enshrined in the Borghese Chapel of the basilica. It is known as Salus Populi Romani, or Health of the Roman People or Salvation of the Roman People, due to a miracle in which the icon reportedly helped keep plague from the city. The icon is at least a thousand years old, and according to a tradition was painted from life by St Luke the Evangelist using the wooden table of the Holy Family in Nazareth.
The Salus Populi Romani has been praised by several popes and acted as a key Mariological symbol.
Prior to becoming the Roman Pontiff, Cardinal
Future pontiffs Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis all visited the Salus Populi Romani and offered liturgical celebrations.
Papal basilica
As a papal basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore is often used by the pope. He presides over the rites for the annual
The pope gives charge of the basilica to an archpriest, usually a
In addition to the archpriest and his assistant priests, a chapter of
The
Pope Francis visits the Basilica often, mainly to visit the Salus Populi Romani. He visits before and after trips outside the Vatican, calling the icon his “great devotion”. He has also constructed a tomb next to the icon that shall be his final resting place upon his death. Francis will be the first Pope to be buried outside of the Vatican since Pope Leo XIII in 1903.[53]
Archpriests of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore since 1127
List of archpriests of the Liberian Basilica since 1127.[54][55][56][57][58][f]
- Rainiero (attested 1127–1130)
- Matteo (attested 1153)
- Paolo Scolari (attested 1176–1187)
- Rolando (attested 1189–1193)
- Pietro Sasso (attested 1212)[g]
- Romano (attested 1222)
- Astor (attested 1244)
- Pietro Capocci (?) (named in 1245?)[h]
- Romano (attested 1258)
- Ottobono Fieschi(1262–1276)
- Giacomo Colonna (1288–1297)
- Francesco Napoleone Orsini (administrator 1298–1306)
- Giacomo Colonna (again) (1306–1318)
- Pietro Colonna(1318–1326)
- Luca Fieschi (1326?–1336)
- Giovanni Colonna (1336–1348)
- Nicola Capocci (after 1350–1368)
- Pierre Roger de Beaufort(1368–1370)
- Marino Giudice (?–1385)
- Marino Bulcani (1385–1394)
- Stefano Palosio (1394–1396)
- Enrico Minutoli (1396–1412)
- Rinaldo Brancaccio (1412–1427)
- Francesco Lando (1427)
- Jean de la Rochetaillée(1428–1437)
- Antonio Casini (1437–1439)
- Giovanni Vitelleschi (1439–1440)
- Nicola Albergati(1440–1443)
- Guillaume d'Estouteville (1443–1483)
- Rodrigo Borgia(1483–1492)
- Giovanni Battista Savelli (1492–1498)
- Giovanni Battista Orsini (1498–1503)
- Giuliano Cesarini iuniore (1503–1510)
- Pedro Luis Borja Lanzol de Romani (1510–1511)
- Robert Guibe (1511)
- Francisco de Remolins (1511–1518)
- Leonardo Grosso della Rovere (1518–1520)
- Andrea della Valle (1520–1534)
- Paolo Emilio Cesi (1534–1537)
- Alessandro Farnese (1537–1543)
- Guido Ascanio Sforza(1543–1564)
- Carlo Borromeo(1564–1572)
- Alessandro Sforza (1572–1581)
- Filippo Boncompagni (1581–1586)
- Decio Azzolini (seniore) (1586–1587)
- Domenico Pinelli (1587–1611)
- Michelangelo Tonti (1611–1612)
- Giovanni Garzia Millini (1612–1629)
- Francesco Barberini (1629–1633)
- Antonio Barberini (1633–1671)
- Giacomo Rospigliosi (1671–1684)
- Felice Rospigliosi (1684–1688)
- Philip Thomas Howard (1689–1694)
- Benedetto Pamphili (1694–1699)
- Giacomo Antonio Morigia (1699–1701)
- Pietro Ottoboni (1702–1730)
- Ludovico Pico della Mirandola (1730–1743)
- Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (1743–1763)
- Marcantonio Colonna (iuniore)(1763–1793)
- Andrea Corsini (1793–1795)
- Gian Francesco Albani (1795–1803)
- Antonio Despuig y Dameto (28 December 1803 – 2 May 1813)
- Giovanni Gallarati Scotti (1814 – 6 October 1819)
- Annibale Francesco Della Genga (10 February 18 – 28 September 1823)
- Benedetto Naro (1 January 1824 – 6 October 1832)
- Carlo Odescalchi (1832 – 21 November 1834)
- Giuseppe Antonio Sala (11 December 1838 – 23 August 1839)
- Luigi del Drago (29 August 1839 – 28 April 1845)
- Costantino Patrizi Naro (24 April 1845 – 21 September 1867)
- Gustav Adolf Hohenlohe(15 July 1878 – 30 October 1896)
- Vincenzo Vannutelli (16 December 1896 – 9 July 1930)
- Bonaventura Cerretti (16 July 1930 – 8 May 1933)
- Angelo Dolci (22 May 1933 – 13 September 1939)
- Alessandro Verde (11 October 1939 – 29 March 1958)
- Carlo Confalonieri (16 November 1959 – 1 August 1986)
- Luigi Dadaglio (15 December 1986 – 22 August 1990)
- Ugo Poletti (17 January 1991 – 25 February 1997)
- Carlo Furno (29 September 1997 – 27 May 2004)
- Bernard Francis Law (27 May 2004 – 21 November 2011)
- Santos Abril y Castelló (21 November 2011 - 28 December 2016)
- Stanisław Ryłko (28 December 2016 – )
- Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest (20 March 2024)
List of major works of art in the basilica
- Ancient Roman agricultural calendar
- Early Christian mosaic cycle depicting Old Testament events, 5th century
- The Salus Populi Romani, a much venerated early icon of the Virgin and Child.
- Funerary monument of Clement IX (1671) by Carlo Rainaldi with the papal bust by Domenico Guidi.
- Statue of King Philip IV of Spain by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1666.
- Temporary catafalque for Philip IV of Spain designed in 1665 by Rainaldi, no longer exists.
- Funerary monument of Pope Nicholas IV, designed by Domenico Fontana in 1574.
- Bust of Costanzo Patrizi by Algardi.
- Sacristy frescoes by Domenico Passignano and Giuseppe Puglia,
- High altar sculpture by Pietro Bracci, (c. 1750).
- Statue of Pius IX in prayer by Ignazio Jacometti, (c. 1880).
- Pauline Chapel frescoes, by Guido Reni
- Frescoes for the monument of Clement VIII, Lanfranco
- Cesi Chapel tombs by Guglielmo della Porta
- Altar, confessio and Presepio (crib) sculptures by Arnolfo di Cambio, about 1290
Burials in the church
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Tomb of Clement VIII
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Baptismal chapel
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Pope Pius IX - Ignazio Jacometti
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Ave Regina Pacis
See also
- Properties of the Holy See
- Roman Catholic Marian churches
- Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major, feast day
- Index of Vatican City-related articles
- San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
Notes
- ^ The actual, official name seems to vary: the Holy See's press office uses "Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome" in English in a 2011 note Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, while the official Vatican site for the Basilica uses various formulas not including "Liberian" or Liberiana, some under a coat of arms that includes "basilica Liberiana" in Italian.
- ^ This triptych painted around 1423 was commissioned for the basilica by a member of the Colonna family; it is now in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples (Paul Joannides, "The Colonna Triptych by Masolino and Masaccio," Arte Cristiana no 728 (1988:339-)). The miracle is depicted as witnessed by a crowd of men and women, with Jesus and the Virgin Mary observing from above.
- ^ See for example the Holy See's press office using "Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome" in English in a 2011 note Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, while the official Vatican website for the church uses various formulas, some under a coat of arms that includes "basilica Liberiana" in Italian.
- ^ When Pope Benedict XVI abandoned the title "Patriarch of the West", the title of St. Mary Major changed from patriarchal to papal basilica, as on its official website.
- Tempio della Paceor Temple of Peace, which was the name attributed to the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine before the 18th-century.
- ^ Note that, initially, not all archpriests of the basilica were cardinals.
- ^ Archpriest Pietro Sasso is commonly identified with contemporary cardinal Pietro Sasso of S. Pudenziana (1206–1218/19). However, this identification remains uncertain because the only document which mentions this archpriest (dated 3 July 1212) makes no reference to his cardinalate, cf. Ferri in ASRSP, vol. 28, p. 24.
- ^ Cardinal Pietro Capocci (died 1259) is mentioned in the majority of the catalogs of archpriests of Liberian Basilica but the documents from the archive of the Basilica, published by Ferri in ASRSP, vol. 27, p. 34–39 and vol. 30, p. 119, give no support for this affirmation. Document dated 19 March 1244 mentions Astor (or Aston) as archpriest, documents between 13 February 1247 and 1 October 1255 mention archpriest without mentioning his name but also without indicating his cardinalate, and on 28 May 1258 Romano was archpriest of the Basilica; the latest document mentions also cardinal Pietro Capocci but makes no reference to his occupation of that post. If he was really an archpriest under Innocent IV, he must have later resigned, but it seems more likely that this statement resulted from a confusion.
References
Citations
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- ^ a b Lateran Treaty of 1929, Article 15 ([1])
- ^ Lateran Treaty of 1929, Article 13 ([2])
- ^ a b c Calendarium Romanum 1969, p. 99
- ^ As reported in the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica
- ^ Loomis 1916, p. 77
- ^ Miles 1993, p. 157
- ^ a b Ott 1913, Our Lady of the Snow
- ^ a b Pius Parsch, The Church's Year of Grace quoted in Catholic Culture: "Ordinary Time, 5 August"
- ^ Rubin 2009, p. 95
- ^ Encyclical Slavorum Apostoli, 5
- ^ Stephen M. Donovan, "Crib" in Catholic Encyclopedia 1908 Archived 17 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Missale Romanum, 1962 edition, p. 20
- ^ Robert F. McNamara, Minor Basilicas in the United States
- ^ Basilicas
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- ^ La Visita alle Sette Chiese
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- ^ a b c Krautheimer 1980, p. 46
- ^ Vassilaki 2000, p. 10
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- ^ Vassilaki 2000, p. 132
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- ^ ANSA Italy News Service, accessed 16 December 2015
- ^ Miles 1993, p. 158
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- ^ Charles A. Coulombe, Vicars of Christ, p. 330.
- ^ Basilica memorial to celebrate the end of the French Wars of Religion; accessed 22 March 2014.
- ^ Il Divoto Pellegrino Guidato, ed Istruito nella Visita delle quattro Basiliche di Roma, per il Giubileo dell'Anno Santo 1750., Stamperia del Characas, presso San Marco al Corso, Rome, 1749, page 338-339.
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- ^ missing Ref
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- ^ Krautheimer 1980, p. 47
- ^ a b c Krautheimer 1980, p. 48
- ^ a b Inside the Basilica
- ^ a b Sacred Destinations: SantaMariaMaggiore, Rome
- ^ Eitel-Porter 1997, pp. 452–462
- ^ Davies, Lizzy (14 March 2013). "Pope Francis eschews trappings of papacy on first day in office". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Liberian Chapter
- ^ "The pope says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica, not in the Vatican". AP News. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Moroni 1840, pp. 127–135
- ^ Respective biographical entries on Essay of a General List of Cardinals by Salvador Miranda
- ^ Ferri 1904, p. 147–202 and 441–459
- ^ Ferri 1905, pp. 23–39
- ^ Ferri 1907, pp. 119–168
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External links
- Eternal Word Television Network, Global Catholic Network (EWTN) Profile of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
- Kunsthistorie.com gallery Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Satellite Photo of St. Mary's Major Basilica
- The Papal Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (website of the Holy See)
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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- High-resolution 360° Panoramas and Images of Santa Maria Maggiore | Art Atlas
- "Beggar's Rome" - A self-directed virtual tour of Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica and other Roman churches
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