Basilica of Saints John and Paul. The Basilica of Saints John and Paul on the Caelian Hill is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Caelian Hill.
The church was built in 398, by will of the senator Pammachius, over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under the emperor Julian in 362. The church was thus called the Titulus Pammachii and is recorded as such in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499.
The church was damaged during the sack by Alaric I and because of an earthquake, restored by Pope Paschal I, sacked again by the Normans, and again restored, with the addition of a monastery and a bell tower. It is home to the Passionists and is the burial place of St. Paul of the Cross.
Additionally, it is the station church of the first Friday in Lent. The inside has three naves, with pillars joined to the original columns.
The altar is built over a bath, which holds the remains of the two martyrs. The apse is frescoed with Christ in Glory by Cristoforo Roncalli; while below this fresco are three paintings: a Martyrdom of St John, a Martyrdom of St Paul, and the Conversion of Terenziano by Giovanni Domenico Piastrini, Giacomo Triga, and Pietro Andrea Barbieri respectively. The sacristy features a canvas by Antoniazzo Romano of the Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist, and Saints Jerome and Paul. The basilica is connected with the cardinal
The church was built in 398, by will of the senator Pammachius, over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under the emperor Julian in 362. The church was thus called the Titulus Pammachii and is recorded as such in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499.
The church was damaged during the sack by Alaric I and because of an earthquake, restored by Pope Paschal I, sacked again by the Normans, and again restored, with the addition of a monastery and a bell tower. It is home to the Passionists and is the burial place of St. Paul of the Cross.
Additionally, it is the station church of the first Friday in Lent. The inside has three naves, with pillars joined to the original columns.
The altar is built over a bath, which holds the remains of the two martyrs. The apse is frescoed with Christ in Glory by Cristoforo Roncalli; while below this fresco are three paintings: a Martyrdom of St John, a Martyrdom of St Paul, and the Conversion of Terenziano by Giovanni Domenico Piastrini, Giacomo Triga, and Pietro Andrea Barbieri respectively. The sacristy features a canvas by Antoniazzo Romano of the Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist, and Saints Jerome and Paul. The basilica is connected with the cardinal
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