This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0003061742 Reproduction Date:
There are more than 900 churches in Rome,[1] including some notable Roman Catholic Marian churches. Most, but not all, of these are Roman Catholic.
The first churches of Rome originated in places where Christians met. They were divided into three categories:
Only the tituli were allowed to distribute sacraments. The most important priest in a titulus was given the name of Cardinal. Pope Marcellus I (at the beginning of the 4th century) confirmed that the tituli were the only centres of administration in the Church. In 499 a.d., a synod held by Pope Symmachus listed all the presbyters participating, as well as the tituli who were present at that time:[2]
It is known that in 336, Pope Julius I had set the number of presbyter cardinals to 28, so that for each day of the week, a different presbyter cardinal would say mass in one of the four major basilicas of Rome, St. Peter's, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and Basilica of St. John Lateran. These four basilicas had no cardinal, since they were under the Pope's direction. The Basilica of St. John Lateran was also the seat of the bishop of Rome. Traditionally, pilgrims were expected to visit all four basilicas, and San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, and San Sebastiano fuori le mura which constituted the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. In the Great Jubilee in 2000, the seventh church was instead Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore as appointed by Pope John Paul II.
This is a list of churches of Rome cited in WorldHeritage articles or with related files on Wikimedia Commons. The churches are grouped according to the time of their initial construction: the dates are those of the first record of each church. The reader, however, should not expect the current fabric of the buildings to reflect that age, since over the centuries most have undergone reconstruction. Almost all the churches will thus appear considerably more recent, and as a patchwork of periods and styles.
Renaissance, Middle Ages, Lazio, Roman Forum, Colosseum
European Union, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada
Rome, Palatine Hill, Italy, Archaeology, Chronology
Rome, Nicolas Poussin, Italian language, Francis of Assisi, Roman Catholic
Churches of Rome, Philippines, Second Epistle to Timothy, Pope Siricius, Iconography
Roman Forum, Rome, Italian language, Seven hills of Rome, Capitoline Museums
Rome, Italian language, Italy, St. Peter's Basilica, Jerusalem
Rome, Italy, St. Peter's Basilica, Jerusalem, Pope Benedict XIV
Rome, Saint Peter, Churches of Rome, Mithras, Normans