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Today's church of the same name (a baroque building on Via della Conciliazione) has little to do with the previous church, which was located south of Castel Sant'Angelo until 1570. No trace remains of the small west-facing three-aisled basilica with its own bell tower. We do not know whether the building founded as a diaconia by Pope Hadrian I (772-795) dates to the 8th/9th century or to the 12th century. A record from 1194, documenting the deposition of relics in the altar by Pope Celestine III, suggests a possible updating of the liturgical furnishings, while an inscription from 1277 may refer to work on the façade. The columns of the Scourge of Peter and Paul positioned nearby, on the route from the Tiber Bridge to St Peter's, gave the church a certain importance as a place of pilgrimage and in the ceremonial coronation of emperors.

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Rom, Holzschnittplan Bufalinis von 1551, Ausschnitt mit Castel Sant’Angelo und an der Spitze des Straßendreiecks dem Grundriss von S. Maria Traspontina (nach Ehrle 1911)
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Rom, S. Maria in Traspontina, dritte Kapelle links, Geißelsäule Petri, rechts vom Altar (Foto Senekovic 2016)
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S. Maria in Traspontina, dritte Kapelle links, Reliquieninschrift und Memoria der Überschwemmung von 1496 aus der alten Kirche (Foto Senekovic 2016)
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Number in map
68
Church name
S. Maria in Traspontina
Existing
Coordinates
41.90205, 12.46486
Address
Via della Conciliazione 14/C
Rione
Borgo (XIV)
Nolli's map #
1311
Chronology
8th-9th centuries; 12th century
Keywords
Baroque renovation, Via della Conciliazione, Castel Sant'Angelo, three-nave basilica, Bell Tower, Diaconia, Pope Hadrian I, Deposition of relics, Pilgrimage, Coronation of emperors, Pope Celestine III, columns of the Scourge of Peter and Paul
Research status
Completed
Authors
Claussen, Peter Cornelius
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