Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi

Coordinates: 41°54′3.83″N 12°27′12.43″E / 41.9010639°N 12.4534528°E / 41.9010639; 12.4534528
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Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi (also San Stefanino and Santo Stefano degli Unni) was the church of the

Hungarians in Rome. Located next to the Vatican, the old church was pulled down in 1778,[1] to make room for an extension of St. Peter's Basilica
.

Saints Martin of the Swiss
San Salvatore in Ossibus
Demolished churches
Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi
Santa Marta

Description

The church of Santo Stefano was established by

Magyars
received his crown from the Pope that year.

Stephen restored and enlarged the old building. He established a

canons and a pilgrim's hostel for Hungarian travelers (predecessor of present-day Casa di Santo Stefano). The "Hungarian institutions", as they were called, played an important part in maintaining intensive diplomatic relations between medieval Hungary
and the Holy See. They were also a place of learning for Hungarian clerics and intellectuals living in Rome.

Around the chapter house and the pilgrim's hostel, there were farm buildings like granaries, store-yards, and mills. The whole complex was surrounded by a wall.

The "Hungarian institutions" were sustained by the income of large estates in the vicinity of Rome. These estates, granted to Stephen I by the Pope, remained in the possession of the Kingdom of Hungary for hundreds of years. The last one in Celsano was only lost after World War II.

King Stephen I was canonized in 1083, and the church was dedicated to him under the name "Santo Stefano dei Ungheresi". It was restored by

Pauline Fathers, the only monastical order
founded by Hungarians.

In the 16th century, the nearby St. Peter's Basilica was rebuilt in Renaissance style and it was greatly enlarged. The Hungarian chapter house and the farm-buildings were pulled down to make way for the new basilica.

Demolition

In 1778, Pope

Santo Stefano Rotondo on Caelian Hill - whose titular is not King St. Stephen, but the latter's own patron saint - took over this role. Pius VI built a new chapel for St Stephen of Hungary there.[1]
Seven of the original Roman columns of the church were preserved in the new sacristy of St. Peter's.

A funerary altar of Titus Flavius Athenaeus was found in Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi and transferred to the Germanic-Hungarian College; it is now in the Uffizi.[2]

See also

  • Index of Vatican City-related articles

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780801891496
  2. ^ "Funerary altar of Titus Flavius Athenaeus", The Uffizi

Further reading

External links

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