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San Lorenzo in Lucina is a basilica of
Churches of Rome

There are more than 900 Churches in Rome. Most, but not all, of these are Roman Catholic, with some notable Roman Catholic Marian churches....
 Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, dating back to the 4th century, and dedicated to Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in the year 258....
, Roman deacon
Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
 and martyr
Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
.

The name Lucina comes from the Roman matron owner of the house on which the church was built.

Pope Marcellus I
Pope Marcellus I

Pope Saint Marcellus I, pope from May 308 to 309, succeeded Pope Marcellinus, after a considerable interval, most probably in May or June 308....
 hid here during Maxentius
Maxentius

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. He was the son of former emperor Maximian, and the son-in-law of Galerius, also an emperor....
' persecution, while Pope Damasus I
Pope Damasus I

Pope Damasus I was pope from 366 to 384.He was born around 305, probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha , in what is present-day Portugal, or near the city of Castelo Branco , then part of the Western Roman Empire....
 was elected here in 366.






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San Lorenzo in Lucina Facciata 1911
San Lorenzo in Lucina is a basilica of
Churches of Rome

There are more than 900 Churches in Rome. Most, but not all, of these are Roman Catholic, with some notable Roman Catholic Marian churches....
 Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, dating back to the 4th century, and dedicated to Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in the year 258....
, Roman deacon
Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
 and martyr
Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
.

The name Lucina comes from the Roman matron owner of the house on which the church was built.

Pope Marcellus I
Pope Marcellus I

Pope Saint Marcellus I, pope from May 308 to 309, succeeded Pope Marcellinus, after a considerable interval, most probably in May or June 308....
 hid here during Maxentius
Maxentius

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. He was the son of former emperor Maximian, and the son-in-law of Galerius, also an emperor....
' persecution, while Pope Damasus I
Pope Damasus I

Pope Damasus I was pope from 366 to 384.He was born around 305, probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha , in what is present-day Portugal, or near the city of Castelo Branco , then part of the Western Roman Empire....
 was elected here in 366. The church was known as Titulus Lucinae, and thus is mentioned in the acts of the 499 synod of Pope Symmachus
Pope Symmachus

Pope Saint Symmachus was pope from 498 to 514.He was born on Sardinia, the son of Fortunatus. He was baptized in Rome, where he became archdeacon of the Church under Pope Anastasius II....
.

To the 5th century dates back a tradition that wanted a litany
Litany

A litany, in Christian worship, is a form of prayer used in church services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes from the Latin litania, from the Greek language ??t? , meaning "prayer" or "supplication"....
 each 25 April, starting from San Lorenzo in Lucina and ending in St Peter's Basilica.The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Laurentii in Lucina is Luigi Poggi.

Art and architecture

The facade dates back to the 1112 rebuilding by Pope Paschal II
Pope Paschal II

Paschal II, born Ranierius, was Pope from August 13, 1099, until his death. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus Basilica di San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II on August 19, 1099....
, while the interior was completely changed by Cosimo Fanzago
Cosimo Fanzago

Cosimo Fanzago was an Italian architect and sculptor, generally considered the greatest such artist of the Baroque period in Naples, Italy....
 in 1650, with the old lateral naves changed in Baroque chapels.

The high altar, designed by Carlo Rainaldi
Carlo Rainaldi

Carlo Rainaldi was an Italy architect of the Baroque period.Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs....
, is decorated with a Crucifixion by Guido Reni
Guido Reni

Guido Reni was a prominent Italy Painting of high-Baroque style....
. Under the altar there is the gridiron on which St Lawrence was martyred. The relics were put here by Pope Paschal II
Pope Paschal II

Paschal II, born Ranierius, was Pope from August 13, 1099, until his death. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus Basilica di San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II on August 19, 1099....
, according to an inscription on the throne behind the altar. The chorus is decorated by Virgins and Saints by Placido Costanzi
Placido Costanzi

Placido Costanzi was an Italy painter of the late-Baroque period.He was born to a family of gem-makers in Rome, where he became a pupil of Benedetto Luti and painted mainly historical and devotional subjects....
.

The second chapel to the right, designed by Carlo Rainaldi
Carlo Rainaldi

Carlo Rainaldi was an Italy architect of the Baroque period.Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs....
, was decorated by Jan Miel
Jan Miel

Jan Miel was a Flemish people painter, active in Italy, emerging from the circle of genre painting painters influenced by Pieter van Laer and the so-called Bamboccianti painters....
. Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin was a French Painting in the Classicism style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color....
 is buried in the second chapel on the right, with a monument donated by Chateaubriand
François-René de Chateaubriand

Fran?ois-Ren?, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a France writer, France during the 19th century. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature....
 with a bust by Paul Lemoyne and a relief by Louis Desprez
Louis Desprez

Louis Desprez was a France sculptor.Born in Paris, he was a pupil of Francois Joseph Bosio. He went to Rome after winning the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1826....
.

The fourth chapel, the Fonseca chapel, was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculpture and architect of 17th Century Rome....
, and features a lively bust of Gabriel Fonseca by the master sculptor. It also houses a copy of Guido Reni
Guido Reni

Guido Reni was a prominent Italy Painting of high-Baroque style....
's Annunciation completed by Giacinto Gimignani
Giacinto Gimignani

Giacinto Gimignani was an Italy painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period.Gimignani was born in Pistoia, where his father, Alessio was also a painter and former pupil of Jacopo Ligozzi....
. The fifth chapel on the right has a Death of St. Giacinta Marescotti by Marco Benefial
Marco Benefial

Marco Benefial was an Italian people, proto-Neoclassicism painter, mainly active in Rome. Benefial is best known for his repudiation of 18th century decorative Rococo styles pre-eminent in the Rome dominated by Carlo Maratta pupils....
 and a Life of St. Francis(1624) by Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet

Simon Vouet was a France painter and draftsman, who helped introduce the Italian Baroque style to France.A French contemporary, lacking the term "Baroque", said, "In his time the art of painting began to be practiced here in a nobler and more beautiful way than ever before," and the allegory of "Riches" demonstrates a new heroic sen...
. The fourth chapel has a St. Giuseppe by Alessandro Turchi
Alessandro Turchi

Alessandro Turchi was an Italy painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname L'Obetto....
 and a San Carlo Borromeo by Carlo Saraceni
Carlo Saraceni

Carlo Saraceni was an Italy early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968....
. The first chapel has works (1721) by Giuseppe Sardi
Giuseppe Sardi

Giuseppe Sardi was an italians architect.Born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, Marche , he was self-taught.He was the designer of the fa?ade of the church of La Maddalena in Rome, and in 1718 he restored the fa?ade of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, transforming it from Romanesque architecture to Baroque architecture....
.

See also

  • Montecitorio
  • Via del Corso
    Via del Corso

    Via del Corso , commonly known as the Corso, is the main street running through the historical centre of Rome, Italy. It is remarkable for being absolutely straight in an area characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas....