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The small single-nave church of S. Maria di Campo Carleo, long since disappeared, stood in the northern ruins of Trajan's Forum. ‘Campo Carleo’ is traced back to a wealthy patrician family with the Greek name Kaloleo, from whom the area took its name in the early 11th century ; in the absence of firm evidence, it is assumed that the church was also founded at this time. A late medieval wall painting above the entrance presumably depicted Christ as Ecce Homo or another image of the Passion. Under Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), the church was rebuilt as a Baroque single-nave hall, and in 1864, the church was demolished by order of the municipality of Rome. Excavations conducted between 1991 and 1997 brought to light remains of the foundations on the pavement of the Forum of Trajan: the south-eastern part of the nave and the northern half of the small apse, which are believed to have been added to the church in 1264.

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Rom, S. Maria di Campo Carlèo, Gebälk des südlichen Trajansforums und die Glocken von der Kirche, um 1500, Codex Escurialensis, fol. 46r (nach Egger/Hülsen/Michaelis 1906)
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Rom, S. Maria di Campo Carlèo in den Trümmern des südlichen Trajansforums, Zeichnung von Simone del Pollaiolo, gen. il Cronaca. Florenz, Biblioteca Nazionale (nach Bartoli 1924)
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Rom, S. Maria di Campo Carlèo, Grundriss nach Bufalini 1593 (Ausschnitt nach Ehrle, Bufalini 1911)
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Rom, S. Maria di Campo Carlèo, Ausgegrabene Reste auf dem Forum (nach Meneghini 1998)
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Dosio-Umkreis, Florenz, BNC, Nuove Acc. 1159, fol. 54, Zeichnung eines antiken Grabdeckels mit weiblicher Liegefigur (Sempronia Rufina), einst vermutlich in der Kirche (nach Casamassima/Rubinstein 1993)
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Number in map
55
Church name
S. Maria di Campo Carleo
Not existing
Coordinates
41.89495, 12.48579
Rione
Monti (I)
Nolli's map #
121
Chronology
11th century
Keywords
single-nave church, Forum of Trajan, Kaloleo family, wall painting, Ecce Homo, Pope Alexander VII, apse
Research status
Completed
Authors
Claussen, Peter Cornelius
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