Santa Lucia in Selci

Basic data
Patronage :	Lucia of Syracuse
Consecration day :	6th century
Address:	Via in Selci, 82 00184 Roma

Facade of Santa Lucia in Selci and the attached monastery

Santa Lucia in Selci , formerly also Santa Lucia in Orphea , is a church in Rome . It is located on the Roman hill Esquilin in the Monti district . It got its name from its location on the cobbled (Italian = selciato) Via Labicana .

The church and the adjoining monastery were founded by Pope Symmachus at the beginning of the 6th century and built over the remains of an ancient building. This was probably the Porticus Liviae , the arches of which can still be seen in the facade of the monastery, but are currently largely under plaster. The Porticus Liviae lay along the Clivus Suburanus , which here corresponds to today's Via in Selci .

The monastery came to the Augustinian Hermits in the 16th century . On the initiative of Sixtus V , the church was completely restored by Carlo Maderno from 1596 . After Maderno's death in 1629, Antonio Casone enlarged the monastery. In 1637 Maderno's nephew Francesco Borromini took over the construction management. The Cappella Landi goes back to him as one of his first independent works. The altarpiece of the Holy Trinity was painted by Cavalier d'Arpino . The painting of the martyrdom of Saint Lucia in the first chapel was done by Giovanni Lanfranco .