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Santa Maria in Via Lata

Santa Maria in Via Latais a church on theVia del Corso(the ancientVia Lata), inRome,Italy.It stands diagonal from the church ofSan Marcello al Corso.[1]It is thestational churchfor Tuesday in the fifth week of lent.[2]

Santa Maria in Via Lata
Church of Saint Mary on the Broad Way
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via Lata
Facade byPietro da Cortona
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41°53′53″N12°28′53″E/ 41.898154°N 12.481300°E/41.898154; 12.481300
LocationVia del Corso306,Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionLatin Church
Religious instituteDaughters of the Church
Websitewww.cryptavialata.it/index.html
History
Statustitular church
Founded4th century AD?
DedicationMary, mother of Jesus
Relicsheld
Architecture
Architect(s)Pietro da Cortona
Architectural typeBaroque,Early Christian
Completed1662
Administration
DioceseRome

History

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The first Christian place of worship here was a 5th-centuryoratory(chapel with welfare centre) in the Roman building beneath the present church. This was constructed within the remains of a large Roman warehouse, some 250 metres (820 ft) long, which has also been excavated. Murals were added to the lower level between the 7th and 9th centuries (these have been detached for conservation reasons). Due to the frequent flooding of the Tiber, in 1049 the church was rebuilt with an upper level added.[3]

Architecture

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TheArcus Novus,an arch erected in 303–304 by the emperorDiocletian,which stood on this site, was destroyed during reconstruction of the church in 1491.[4]Antonio Tebaldeo,poet and friend ofRaphael,was buried at the end of the north aisle in 1537, though his tomb was designed in 1776. The bell tower is byMartino Longhi the Elderand was built in 1580. There are three bells, two of which bear dates: 1615 and 1465. The bells were reactivated in 2017, with automated programs.

In anticipation of the Holy Year of 1650, the church was renovated in 1639 byCosimo Fanzago,but the façade, with itsCorinthian columnsimposing vertical emphasis, was completed (1658–1660) based on a design byPietro da Cortona.[3]He appears to evoke a triumphal arch in the facade. The church is built of brick, with limestone details. The facade is done intravertine.

Interior

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Beginning in 1636 and continuing over the next 15 years, the interior was renovated, beginning with the apse and sanctuary and continuing with the nave.[2]On the high altar is the church's 13th centuryiconof theMadonna Advocata,said to have performed many miracles.[3]Theciboriumin the apse is made ofalabasterandlapis-lazuli.

The church does not have side chapels, but niches. To the right of the entrance is the baptistery, with a font of black marble.[5]Along the right side of the nave, the first altarpiece is aMartydom of St Andrew(1685) byGiacinto Brandi,while the second altarpiece is aSaints Giuseppe, Nicola, and BiagiobyGiuseppe Ghezzi.In the chapel to the left of the apse, is aMadonna with child and Saints Cyriac and CatherinebyGiovanni Odazzi.The second altar on the left has aSaint Paul baptizes Sabine and childrenbyPier Leone Ghezziwhile the first altarpiece is aVirgin and Saints Lawrence and AnthonybyPietro de Pietri.Six oval paintings on the right nave include canvases by P. de Pietri andAgostino Masucci.On the left nave are five ovals, painted by P. de Pietri, Masucci, andGiovanni Domenico Piastrini.[6]In the Chapel of the Sacrament at the bottom of the right aisle are the remains of aCosmatesque-style polychrome marble floor.

St. Paulis said to have spent two years here, in what is now the crypt of the church, while under house arrest awaiting his trial.[2]This conflicts with the tradition regarding San Paolo alla Regola. The same was also claimed forSt Peter,Paul's secretaryLuke,and the martyr Martial.

An altar in the lower church has a marble bas relief byCosimo Fancellicommemorating the first excavations of the site. Due to its proximity to the Roman residence of Napoleon’s mother, some members of the Bonaparte family were temporarily buried in the church.

List of cardinal deacons

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Early MedievalStella Marisicon at the basilica

References

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  1. ^Tina Squadrilli, Vicende e monumenti di Roma, Roma, Staderini Editore, 1961, pp. 178
  2. ^abc"Tuesday: Santa Maria in Via Lata".Pontifical North American College.Retrieved2023-01-10.
  3. ^abcTurismo Roma (2019-01-12)."Church of Santa Maria in via Lata".Retrieved2023-01-10.
  4. ^Richardson, LawrenceA New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome.(1992) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 27ISBN9780801843006
  5. ^Head, Sir George (1849).Rome: A Tour of Many Days.Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
  6. ^Tolomei, Francesco (1821).Guida di Pistoia: per gli amanti delle belle arti: con notizie degli architetti, scultori, e pittori pistoiesi(in Italian). Bracali.
  7. ^Catholic-Hierarchy."Santa Maria in Via Lata (Cardinal Titular Church)".www.catholic-hierarchy.org.

Bibliography

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  • Titi, Filippo(1763).Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma.Marco Pagliarini, Rome. pp.318–319.
  • Luigi Cavazzi,La diaconia di S. Maria in Via Lata e il monastero di S. Ciriaco: memorie storiche(Roma: F. Pustet, 1908).
  • Richard Krautheimer,Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae: The Early Christian Basilicas of Rome (IV-IX Cent.)(Roma:Pontificio Istituto de archeologia cristiana, 1937), pp. 72 ff.
  • Santa Maria in Via Lata(Roma: Tip. Centenari, 1959) [Chiese di Roma, cenni religiosi, storici, artistici, 87].
  • Tyrone Joseph Castellarin,The Facade of Santa Maria in Via Lata by Pietro Da Cortona(Columbus OH: Ohio State University Press 1966) [dissertation].
  • Carlo Bertelli and Carlo Galassi Paluzzi,S. Maria in via Lata(Rome, Marietti, [1971]).
  • Ingrid Baumgartner,Regesten aus dem Kapitelarchiv von S. Maria in Via Lata (1201–1259)Teil 1, Teil 2 (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1994, 1995).
  • Marcello Villani,La facciata di S. Maria in via Lata: committenza, iconologia, proporzionamento, ordini(Roma: Quasar 2006).
  • Roberta Pardi,La diaconia di Santa Maria in Via Lata, Roma(Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 2006).
  • Maria Costanza Pierdomenici,La chiesa di Santa Maria in via Lata: note di storia e di restauro(Roma: Gangeni Editore 2011).
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