Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio
Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio | |
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Basilica of Saints Boniface and Alexius on the Aventine Hill | |
Sant'Alessio all'Aventino | |
Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e Alessio | |
minor basilica | |
Founded | 4th century |
Dedication | Boniface of Tarsus and Alexius of Rome |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Giambattista Nolli, Tommaso De Marchis |
Architectural type | Baroque, Romanesque |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio is a
It is dedicated to
Basilica
Founded between the 3rd and 4th centuries, it was restored in 1216 by
The church has a
In a Romanesque
Connected to the basilica are the buildings of the former
In 2015,[1] and again on 29 June 2019, the discovery of a Medieval fresco in an exceptional state of preservation and integrity was noticed by the Italian press. The painting has been restored and its subject has been identified by the Italian art historian Claudia Viggiani with Christ the Pilgrim.[2][3][4] The fresco was firstly discovered in 1965 by the Italian Genio Civile during the stabilization's works of the bell tower, and then discarded for forty years, until 2005.
Burials
Cardinal title
The basilica has been a
In the 19th century, the former dedication of the basilica was renewed, and from that time on the official name of the basilica and the cardinal titulus are Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio.
Cardinal-protectors
(All Italian unless specified)
- Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga (1587–1591)
- Ottavio Paravicini (1592–1611)
- Metello Bichi (1611–1619)
- Roberto Ubaldini (1621–1629)
- Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno(1629–1641)
- Mario Theodoli (1641–1649)
- Luigi Omodei (1652–1676)
- vacant (1676–1681)
- Federico Visconti (1681–1693)
- Taddeo Luigi del Verme (1696–1717)
- Giberto Borromeo (1717–1740)
- Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1740–1742)
- vacant (1742–1753)
- Antonio Andrea Galli (1753–1757)
- Giuseppe Maria Castelli (1759–1780)
- Paolo Francesco Antamori (1781–1795)
- vacant (1795–1801)
- Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti (1801–1814)
- Emmanuele de Gregorio (1816–1829); in commendam (1829–1839)
- vacant (1839–1843)
- Francesco di Paola Villadecani (1843–1861)
- (French) Alexis Billiet (1862–1873)
- (Austrian) Jesuit(S.J.) (1876–1886)
- Giuseppe d' Annibale(1889–1892)
- Angelo Di Pietro (1893–1903)
- (Spanish) Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (1903)
- (Brazilian) Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1905–1930)
- (Brazilian) Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (1933–1942)
- (Brazilian) Jaime de Barros Câmara (1946–1971)
- (Brazilian) Avelar Brandão Vilela (1973–1986)
- (Brazilian) Lucas Moreira Neves, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1988–1998); in commendam (1998–2002)
- (Brazilian) Dehonian(S.C.J.) (2003–2021)
- (Brazilian) Paulo Cezar Costa (2022-present)
References
- ^ Giulia Ronchi (Jul 1, 2019). ""Exceptional" finding in Saint Alessio, Rome. But it was known by years ago" (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Middle Age fresco discovered after 900 years". lsussidiario.net (in Italian). Rome. Jun 29, 2019. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Rome: discovered an exceptional Middle Age fresco". TG5 (in Italian). Jun 29, 2019. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Rome, found an untouched fresco of the Middle Age period". Corriere della Sera. Rome. Jun 29, 2019. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
External links
Media related to Santi Bonifacio e Alessio at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by San Bartolomeo all'Isola |
Landmarks of Rome Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio |
Succeeded by San Camillo de Lellis |