Station Churches of Rome

The 1st Week of Lent

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619 x 432 Monday: St. Peter in Chains, where - according to tradition - a chapel was first built as shrine for the chains which bound St. Peter in 109.
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370 x 648 The high altar with baldachino

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792 x 487 In 436, the chains which had bound St. Peter in Jerusalem were brought here, and when place next to the chains from Rome, it is said they miraculously fused together to form the one chain that is preserved here. The inscription above says "He sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod". Loading...
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373 x 648 Also here is Michelangelo's famous statue of Moses "with horns", the result of a mistranslation of the passage which says "a light shone about his face".

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648 x 543 Tuesday: Sant'Anastasia, one of the original 25 parishes of Rome, it is still an active parish today. St. Anastasia, daughter of a Roman noble, was burned as a martyr in the early 4th century, and her name is in the Roman Canon of the Mass Loading...
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648 x 517 The Church is built on the sight of Anastasia's family mansion, and her relics are under the high altar.

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648 x 433 The tomb of St. Anastasia, who first escaped death by starvation and abandonment at sea through the intercession of St. Theodota, was later burned alive.
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468 x 648 Wednesday: Approaching St. Mary Major. After an apparition of Mary, on August 5, 353, a miracle of a bizarre snowfall which outlined the plan for this Church on the Esquiline Hill.
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448 x 648 The oldest western Church dedicated to Mary, it was erected in the 5th century, and here the city of Rome has always come to invoke Mary's protection.
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720 x 424 St. Matthias, the "13th" apostle who replaced Judas, and St. Jerome are both buried here. A side chapel reproduces the cave in Bethlehem where Jesus was born, with a fine nativity scene.
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720 x 576 This reliquary in the confessio holds 5 pieces of wood said to the from the Holy Manger which held Christ in Bethlehem.
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648 x 477 Thursday: St. Lawrence in Panisperna on the traditional site where St. Lawrence, a deacon of Rome, was martyred in 258.
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461 x 648 The painting depicts St. Lawrence being roasted on a grill, where he is said to have advised his tormentor that it was time to turn him, since he was "done" on that side.
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430 x 648 Ceiling painting of St. Lawrence in glory.
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454 x 648 A crypt chapel with the oven believed to be the one on which St. Lawrence was roasted alive.

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432 x 591 Friday: The Holy 12 Apostles (Santi Apostoli) A 6th century church dedicated to the apostles Philip and James the Less. The facade, with statues of the apostles, is 15th century. Loading...
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450 x 648 The Church is now dedicated to all the apostles, and after numerous floods, earthquakes and fires, little of the original remains.

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463 x 648 The confessio under the main altar.
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720 x 482 The tomb of the Apostles Philip and James (Note: This is my 1000th picture taken with this camera!)
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720 x 430 Saturday: St. Peter's Basilica, as the sun rises on the facade.
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450 x 648 The Chair of St. Peter

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432 x 676 The Baldachino of Bernini and the main altar with many relics.
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670 x 504 The tomb of St. Peter in the crypt under the main altar.
St. Peter's Square (2 pictures pasted together) Michelangelo's famous Pieta.
The length of St. Peter's - it has the distances of many other famous churches in the world on the floor, showing how they would fit inside. The tomb of Pope of St. Pius X.

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(30K) 619 x 432	Monday: St. Peter in Chains, where - according to tradition - a chapel was first built as shrine for the chains which bound St. Peter in 109.	(32K) 370 x 648	The high altar with baldachino
(96K) 792 x 487	In 436, the chains which had bound St. Peter in Jerusalem were brought here, and when place next to the chains from Rome, it is said they miraculously fused together to form the one chain that is preserved here. The inscription above says "He sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod".	(31K) 373 x 648	Also here is Michelangelo's famous statue of Moses "with horns", the result of a mistranslation of the passage which says "a light shone about his face".
(36K) 648 x 543	Tuesday: Sant'Anastasia, one of the original 25 parishes of Rome, it is still an active parish today. St. Anastasia, daughter of a Roman noble, was burned as a martyr in the early 4th century, and her name is in the Roman Canon of the Mass	(34K) 648 x 517	The Church is built on the sight of Anastasia's family mansion, and her relics are under the high altar.
(39K) 648 x 433	The tomb of St. Anastasia, who first escaped death by starvation and abandonment at sea through the intercession of St. Theodota, was later burned alive.
(32K) 468 x 648	Wednesday: Approaching St. Mary Major. After an apparition of Mary, on August 5, 353, a miracle of a bizarre snowfall which outlined the plan for this Church on the Esquiline Hill.	(33K) 448 x 648	The oldest western Church dedicated to Mary, it was erected in the 5th century, and here the city of Rome has always come to invoke Mary's protection.
(40K) 720 x 424	St. Matthias, the "13th" apostle who replaced Judas, and St. Jerome are both buried here. A side chapel reproduces the cave in Bethlehem where Jesus was born, with a fine nativity scene.	(50K) 720 x 576	This reliquary in the confessio holds 5 pieces of wood said to the from the Holy Manger which held Christ in Bethlehem.
(36K) 648 x 477	Thursday: St. Lawrence in Panisperna on the traditional site where St. Lawrence, a deacon of Rome, was martyred in 258.	(45K) 461 x 648	The painting depicts St. Lawrence being roasted on a grill, where he is said to have advised his tormentor that it was time to turn him, since he was "done" on that side.
(29K) 430 x 648	Ceiling painting of St. Lawrence in glory.	(34K) 454 x 648	A crypt chapel with the oven believed to be the one on which St. Lawrence was roasted alive.
(34K) 432 x 591	Friday: The Holy 12 Apostles (Santi Apostoli) A 6th century church dedicated to the apostles Philip and James the Less. The facade, with statues of the apostles, is 15th century.	(41K) 450 x 648	The Church is now dedicated to all the apostles, and after numerous floods, earthquakes and fires, little of the original remains.
(34K) 463 x 648	The confessio under the main altar.	(47K) 720 x 482	The tomb of the Apostles Philip and James (Note: This is my 1000th picture taken with this camera!)
(47K) 720 x 430	Saturday: St. Peter's Basilica, as the sun rises on the facade.	(174K) 450 x 648	The Chair of St. Peter
(41K) 432 x 676	The Baldachino of Bernini and the main altar with many relics.	(39K) 670 x 504	The tomb of St. Peter in the crypt under the main altar.
	St. Peter's Square (2 pictures pasted together)		Michelangelo's famous Pieta.
	The length of St. Peter's - it has the distances of many other famous churches in the world on the floor, showing how they would fit inside.		The tomb of Pope of St. Pius X.