San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane

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San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane , or San Ciriaco for short , was a Catholic church in the Castro Pretorio district , the Rione XVIII of the historic old town of Rome . At the end of the 15th century it was only a ruin.

San Ciriaco had been titular church of a cardinal priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane since the 5th century . The title was canceled by Pope Sixtus V in 1587 and transferred to the Church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta .

history

The title appears for the first time on March 1, 499 in the list of the Synod of Rome . According to a list by Pietro Mallio , who under the pontificate of Pope Alexander III. (1159–1181) was made, the title was associated with the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the title holder was obliged to regularly celebrate Holy Mass there. In the 12th century the title is called San Ciriaco in thermis and under the pontificate of Pope John XXII. (1316–1334) as San Ciriaco in Verminis . Pope Sixtus IV. (1471–1481) canceled the title in 1477 and transferred it to the ancient church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta presso l'Arco dei Pantani . However, the old name San Ciriaco appears until 1587, when Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) finally changed the title to Santi Quirico e Giulita . Quirico and Ciriaco are two different names in Italian for the same Saint Cyriacus .

A church building has not been preserved.

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