San Marcello al Corso is a church in Rome, devoted to Pope Marcellus. It is placed in via del Corso, the ancient via Lata, connecting Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. The facade of Santa Barbara dei Librai, one of the many churches of Rome. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2. ...

San Marcello al Corso, facade by Carlo Fontana.

While the tradition holds that the church eas built over the prison of Pope Marcellus (d. 309), it is known that the Titulus Marcelli was already present in 418, when Pope Boniface I was elected here. The "Septiformis" litany, commanded by Pope Gregory I in 590, saw the men moving from San Marcello. Carlo Fontana (Bruciato, Canton Ticino, 1634 or 1638 - Roma 1714) was an Italian architect, sculptor, engineer and author of important writings on the St. ... Events The Spanish provinces revolt from the control of Maxentius, acknowledging Constantine as their Emperor Pope Marcellus I is banished from Rome, as is his successor Eusebius later that year Shapur II becomes king of Persia. ... // Events December 28 - Boniface succeeds Zosimus as Pope Council of Carthage - discussion of Biblical canon Births Deaths December 26 - Pope Zosimus In Other Fields 418 is the area code for telephone numbers in the Quebec City region of the province of Quebec of Canada. ... Boniface I was pope from 418 to 422. ... A litany, in Christian worship, is a form of prayer used in church services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. ... Pope Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great (ca. ...

Pope Adrian I, in the 8th century, built a church on the same place. This church is currently under the modern church. Adrian, or Hadrian I, (died December 25, 795) was pope from 772 to 795. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...

The history of San Marcello saw many lows. It held for three days, in the apse, the hanged body of Cola di Rienzo, in 1354. On 22 May 1519 a fire destroyed the church. The money collected for its rebuilding was used to bribe the landsknechts, pillowing the city during the Sack of Rome (1527). Antonio da Sangallo the Younger rebuilt the church, but a Tiber flood damaged it in 1530. It was only in 1592 that the church was completed, and later Carlo Fontana built the facade. Cola di Rienzi (c. ... Events End of reign of John VI Cantacuzenus, as Byzantine emperor. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... Landsknechts (German, Land land, country + Knecht servant: i. ... Combatants Papal States Holy Roman Empire, Spain Commanders Clement VII Charles III, 8th duc de Bourbon † Strength 500 militia (Swiss Guard) 20,000 regulars Casualties 500 dead, wounded, or captured, 45,000 civilians dead, wounded, or exiled Unknown The Sack of Rome of 1527 by the troops of Charles V... Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (or Antonio Cordiani) (April 12, 1484 - August 3, 1546) was a Florentine architect active during the Italian Renaissance. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third-longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Carlo Fontana (Bruciato, Canton Ticino, 1634 or 1638 - Roma 1714) was an Italian architect, sculptor, engineer and author of important writings on the St. ...

Under the main altar, decorated with 12th century opus sectile, are kept the relics of several saints, among which Pope Marcellus. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Marcelli is Édouard Cardinal Gagnon. Among the previous titulars, Pope Gregory XII. Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Édouard Cardinal Gagnon (born January 15, 1918) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family. ... Gregory XII, né Angelo Correr or Corraro (died October 18, 1417), pope from 1406 to 1415, succeeded Innocent VII on November 30, 1406, having been chosen at Rome by a conclave consisting of only fifteen cardinals, under the express condition that, should Benedict XIII, the rival pope at Avignon, renounce...

References

• "San Marcello al Corso", Chris Nyborg.

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