San Lorenzo in Piscibus

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Church interior with nave and apse

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 6.3 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 33.2 ″  E San Lorenzo in Piscibus ( St. Laurentius at the fish market ), also San Lorenzo in Borgo or San Lorenzolo , is a Roman Catholic basilica in Roman Borgo districtnear St. Peter's Square in the extraterritorial area of ​​the Holy See . It was consecrated in the 12th centuryand has the patronage of St. Lawrence . As the rectorate church , it belongs to the parish of Santa Maria in Traspontina .

It bears the title of a minor basilica and was founded on November 24, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the title diaconia Diaconia Sancti Laurentii in Piscibus . The owner of the title diakonia is the German cardinal Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes .

The apse from the outside

It is the core and namesake of the international papal youth center San Lorenzo ( Centro San Lorenzo ), in which the World Youth Day Cross and a copy of the associated icon of Mary Salus Populi Romani are kept.

The location in piscibus is derived from a fish market originally located near the church.

history

The church was first mentioned in a Benedictine rule from 1143 as Sancti Laurentii in Porticu maiore . The church was rebuilt in 1659 by the architect Francesco Massari on behalf of the Cesi family , in whose palace it was included. The facade was built in 1733 by Domenico Navone after the church had been handed over to the Piarists .

The church originally stood further north and was demolished when the Via della Conciliazione was built in 1937. The current church is a 1950 reconstruction that includes some columns from the old church. An attempt was made to restore a Romanesque building. It is on three sides of the huge Palazzo detto dei Propilei in the Piazza Pio XII. and is only visible on the narrow south side of Borgo Santo Spirito .

After the church had been profaned and used as a warehouse and studio, it was re-consecrated in 1983 by Pope John Paul II and forms the core of the international youth center San Lorenzo ( Centro San Lorenzo ) which he founded. The World Youth Day Cross has been stationed here since 1984, and the associated Marian icon Salus Populi Romani since 2003 . The center is under the direction of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and is supervised by the Emmanuel Community .

architecture

Architecturally, the church corresponds to a three-aisled basilica with a south apse and consists of simple brick masonry and a wooden roof structure without interior cladding or decorations.

literature

  • Mariano Armellini: Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX. 2a edizione accresciuta e migliorata. Rome 1891, [1] .
  • Christian Hülsen : Le Chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo. Cataloghi ed appunti. Olschki, Florence 1927.
  • Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. Newton Compton, Rome 2007, ISBN 978-88-541-0931-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Rome
  2. ^ A b Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. 2007, p. 181.

Web links

Commons : San Lorenzo in Piscibus  - collection of images