Interior of San Lorenzo in Damaso.

San Lorenzo in Damaso (Saint Lawrence in the House of Damasus) is a basilica church in Rome, one of several dedicated to the Roman deacon and martyr Saint Lawrence. Known since antiquity (synod of Pope Symmachus, 499) as Titulus Damasi, according to tradition San Lorenzo in Damaso was built by Pope Damasus I in his own house, in the 380s. St. ... The facade of Santa Barbara dei Librai, one of the many churches of Rome. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Saint Lawrence (Latin Laurentius, laurelled) was one of the seven deacons of Rome who were martyred under the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in 258. ... Symmachus was pope from 498 to 514. ... Events March 1 - Pope Symmachus makes Antipope Laurentius bishop of Nocera in Campania. ... Saint Damasus I ( 305-383) was Pope from 366. ... Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 330s - 340s - 350s - 360s - 370s - 380s - 390s - 400s - 410s - 420s 430s Years: 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 Events: Categories: 380s ...

Donato Bramante rebuilt the church in the 15th century, by order of Cardinal Raffaele Riario, within the restoration works of the close by Palazzo della Cancelleria. Donato Bramante Donato Bramante (1444 - March 11, 1514), Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his most famous design was St. ... Raffael Riario (1451 - Rome 1521), the famous patron of the arts as Cardinal Riario, was a son of Violante Riario and Antonio Sansoni, who preferred to take the surname of his mother, for the connection to Pope Sixtus IV, who made him a cardinal in 1477 and bestowed on him... Palazzo della Cancelleria: the 18th century engraving by Giuseppe Vasi exaggerates the depth of the square, where the Corso Vittorio Emanuele now runs. ...

The last restoration was necessary after a fire that damaged the basilica in 1944. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Laurentii in Damaso is Antonio Maria Cardinal Ruoco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid. Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ...

References

• "San Lorenzo in Damaso", by Chris Nyborg.