Chapel Interior at Night.

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a 5th century church of Rome, located in the Trastevere rione and devoted to Saint Cecilia. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2160 × 1440 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2160 × 1440 pixel, file size: 1. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... // The Churches of Rome are more than 900 in numbers. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Logo of the rione A typical narrow alley in Trastevere seen from the lower slopes of the Gianicolo hill Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere at night Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. ... A map of the center of Rome with its rioni The word rione (pl. ... Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia in the Catholic Church the patron saint of music and of the blind. ...

comment: Google Earth location is in error as it lands on Santa Maria in Trastevere instead of Santa Cecillia. Proper cordinates are:
41-53'-15.2-"N, 12-28'33.21"E

History

The Last Judgment (detail of the apostles), by Pietro Cavallini (1295-1300).

The first church of Santa Cecilia was founded probably in the 5th century, by Pope Urban I, and devoted to the Roman martyr Cecilia. Tradition holds that the church was built over the house of the saint. The baptistery of this church, together with the remains of a Roman Imperial house, was found during some excavations under the Chapel of the Relics. In the synod of 499 of Pope Symmachus, the church is indicated with the Titulus Ceciliae. On 22 November 545, Pope Vigilius was celebrating the saint in the church, when the emissary of Empress Theodora, Antemi Scribone, captured him. The Last Judgement (detail of the Apostles) by Pietro Cavallini (1295-1300) Fresco Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome Source: http://gallery. ... The Last Judgement (detail of the Apostles) by Pietro Cavallini (1295-1300) Fresco Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome Source: http://gallery. ... The Last Judgement (detail of the Apostles) Pietro Cavallini (1259-1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the Renaissance. ... Pope Urban, pope (222-230), Born in Rome, Italy, came to the see of Rome in the year that Roman Emperor Elagabalus was assassinated and served during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. ... Symmachus was pope from 498 to 514. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 545 (disambiguation). ... Vigilius was Pope from 537 to 555. ... Theodora can refer to any of the following: Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus. ...

Pope Paschal I rebuilt the church in 822, and moved here the relics of St Cecilia from the catacombs of St Calixtus. More restorations followed in the 18th century. Saint Paschal I was pope from 817 to February 11, 824. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman II becomes ruler of Umayyad Spain. ...

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Caeciliae is Carlo Maria Martini. Among the previous titulars are Pope Stephen III, Thomas Wolsey and Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili. Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... His Eminence Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. (born 15 February 1927) is an Italian clergyman. ... Stephen III (d. ... Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c. ...

Art and architecture

Facade of Santa Cecilia, a 1725 project by Ferdinando Fuga, with the 12th century belltower.

The church has a façade built in 1725 by Ferdinando Fuga, which includes a courtyard decorated with ancient mosaics, columns and a cantharus (water vessel). It includes the coat of arms and the dedication to the titular cardinal who paid for the facade, Francesco Cardinal Acquaviva d'Aragona. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 757 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1205 × 954 pixel, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Roma, Santa Cecilia by Lalupa File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 757 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1205 × 954 pixel, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Roma, Santa Cecilia by Lalupa File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ferdinando Fugas façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, completed 1743, depicted by Giovanni Paolo Pannini Ferdinando Fuga (Florence 1699– Rome 1781) was a Florentine architect, whose main works were realized in Rome and Naples. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Ferdinando Fugas façade of Santa Maria Maggiore, completed 1743, depicted by Giovanni Paolo Pannini Ferdinando Fuga (Florence 1699– Rome 1781) was a Florentine architect, whose main works were realized in Rome and Naples. ...

Among the artifacts remaining from the 13th century edifice are a mosaic depicting the Final judgment (1289-93) based on designs by Pietro Cavallini in the chorus of the monks, and the ciborium (1293) in the presbitery by Arnolfo di Cambio remain. The gothic ciborium is surrounded by four marble columns white and black, decorated with statuettes of angels, saints, prophets, and evangelists. The apse has remains of 9th century mosaics depicting the Redeemer with Saints Paolo, Cecilia, Pasquale I, Peter, Valerian, and Agatha. The Last Judgement (detail of the Apostles) Pietro Cavallini (1259-1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the Renaissance. ... A Ciborium is a container, used in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and related Churches rituals to store Holy Communion. ... The tabernacle over the high altar of St. ...

The ceiling of Cappella dei Ponziani was decorated God the Father with evangelists (1470) by Antonio del Massaro (Antonio da Viterbo or il Pastura). The Cappella delle Reliquie was frescoed and an altarpiece provided by Luigi Vanvitelli. The nave is frescoed with the Apotheosis of Santa Cecilia (1727) by Sebastiano Conca. The church contains two altarpieces by Guido Reni: Saints Valerian and Cecilia and a Decapitation of Saint Cecilia (1603)^[1]. Luigi Vanvitelli (Naples, May 12, 1700 – March 1, 1773, Caserta), an engineer as well as the most prominent 18th-century Italian architect, practiced a sober classicizing academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism. ... Sebastiano Conca (1679 - 1764), Italian painter of the Florentine school, was born at Gaeta, and studied at Naples under Francesco Solimena. ... Autoportrait Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. ...

Martyr of Saint Cecilia, by Stefano Maderno, one of the most famous examples of Baroque sculpture.

Among the most remarkable works is the graphic altar sculpture of St. Cecilia (1600) by the late-Renaissance sculptor Stefano Maderno. This sculpture reportedly is modelled on the saint's body as seen in 1595, when her tomb was opened. The statue depicts evidence of decapitation, thus helping to confirm the identity of the saint. In addition, it also it is meant to underscore the supposed incorruptibility of her cadaver (an attribute of saints), which miraculously still had congealed blood after centuries. This statue could be conceived as proto-Baroque, since it depicts no idealized moment or person, but a theatric scene, a naturalistic representation of a dead or dying saint. It is striking, because it precedes by decades the similar high-Baroque sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (for example, his Beata Ludovica Albertoni) and Melchiorre Caffà (Santa Rosa de Lima). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 458 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 732 pixel, file size: 75 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographer: tieseb Title: Martirio di Santa Cecilia, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Roma, Italy Taken on: 2005-06-01 Original source: Flickr. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 458 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 732 pixel, file size: 75 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographer: tieseb Title: Martirio di Santa Cecilia, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Roma, Italy Taken on: 2005-06-01 Original source: Flickr. ... Stefano Maderno (1576-1636) was an Italian sculptor in Rome, brother of Carlo Maderno, the architect. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Stefano Maderno (1576-1636) was an Italian sculptor in Rome, brother of Carlo Maderno, the architect. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini; December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome. ... Beata Ludovica Albertoni (the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni) is a sculpture by the Italian baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... Melchiorre Cafà (in Italy also known as Caffà, in Malta as Gafa, Gafà, Gaffar or Gafar; 1636-1667) [1] was the greatest sculptor ever born in Malta, and set out for an enormously promising career in Baroque Rome which was cut short by a premature death following a work accident. ... Santa Rosa de Lima is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador. ...

The crypt is also noteworthy, decorated with cosmatesque style, keeping the relics of St. Cecilia and St. Valerian.

Coordinates: 41°53′22″N, 12°28′11″E Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2336 × 3504 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2336 × 3504 pixel, file size: 3. ... During Mediaeval ages, in the 12th and 13th centuries, many marble workers created their pieces taking their marble from ancient Roman ruins, and composing the fragments in geometrical decorations. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

References

• "Santa Cecilia in Trastevere", by Chris Nyborg.
• (Italian) Armellini, Mariano, "S. Cecilia in Trastevere", Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX, Tipografia Vaticana, 1891. Through Bill Thayer's site, Lacus Curtius.

External links

• Media on Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in the Wikicommons.
• Kunsthistorie.com, photogallery