Santa Caterina della Rota
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| Patronage : | Saint Catherine |
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Piazza di Santa Caterina della Rota
00186 Roma |
Santa Caterina della Rota , sometimes called Sant'Anna , is a small church in Rome . The current church was built at the end of the 16th century. The story of the name is interesting. The church also contains some frescoes .
Location, construction and name history
The church is located in the VII. Roman Rione Regola about 100 meters northwest of the Piazza Farnese .
The church originally located here, first mentioned in 1186 in a bull by Pope Urban III. , was actually dedicated to St. Mary . In the Middle Ages there was a hospital right next to the church building for former prisoners who were ransomed from their captivity, mostly in North Africa, such as Tripoli or Tunis . They hung their chains - Latin : catenari , "chain bearer" - next to the image of Mary in this church, from which the nickname comes from. The epithet originally had nothing in common with the name-giving today's patron saint, but arose from etymological reinterpretation in Roman usage and the corresponding blurring. Hence the fact that the church had numerous different names in the Middle Ages, for example in Catarina , in Catenari , in Cateneri , de Catenaris etc. It was not until the current building, built in the late 16th century, was actually consecrated to St. Catherine. The medieval church still had a small tower that was removed when it was rebuilt. The facade was completed in 1730 and the church was last restored in 1857.
facade
The facade is axially and has two floors. The portal under a blasted segmented gable is flanked by pilasters placed in pairs of a fundamentally Ionic order , the capitals of which are decorated with festoons in keeping with the taste of the time . The inner pilasters are again deposited in the same way. The architrave is not designed continuously, but is interrupted by a rectangular window with a strong frame. The short pilasters of the upper floor take over the basic structure of the lower floor in the inner part, as does the overlying, now continuous and cranked architrave below the simple triangular gable , which is also cranked. Due to the omission of the outer pilasters, volutes are placed on the sides to mediate between the different widths of the floors. Two flame vases are placed on the left and right above the gable, a cross on a pedestal closes the facade off at the top.
Interior and outfit
The church has a single nave and has no side chapels , but three flat altar niches on each side of the wall. The fourth niches towards the high altar are significantly enlarged and thus almost apsidal . The long walls are divided between the niches by pilasters of the Tuscan order .
The ceiling of the church is made of wood and richly decorated. It was not worked for this church, but comes from the - now defunct - church of San Franceso d'Assisi a Ponte Sisto .
In the first niche on the right - looking towards the high altar - there is the fresco Flight to Egypt , a work by Girolamo Muziano from the 16th century.
The second niche on the right contains a wooden crucifix and a fresco scenes from the life of St. Charles , created by Girolamo Coppi .
In the third niche on the right, behind a pane of glass, there is a wooden sculpture of Saint Anna Selbdritt , the sculpture is clothed and looks like a doll.
In the second niche on the left an oil painting is shown, it depicts The Beheading of Saint Valeria and is the work of Giovanni Antonio Galli .
The third niche on the left contains the altar fresco Maria with Child and Saints Catherine and Apollonia , it is probably a work from the school of Giorgio Vasari , created in the 16th century. Above this is another fresco depicting the dance of Salome and the beheading of the Baptist .
The high altar itself is modern and contains a picture of the eponymous church patron on the altarpiece .
literature
- Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome . 1. Volume, Brothers Hollinek publishing house, Vienna 1967.
- Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Roma 1891.
- Christian Hülsen : Le Chiese di Roma nel Medio Evo . Firenze 1927.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 508.
- ↑ a b c Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 509.
- ↑ a b Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 510.
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 42.8 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 11" E