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Category Archives: Rome basilicas and churches
Sant’Agnese in Agone – A Pope’s Private Chapel
The history of the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone on Piazza Navona. Continue reading
Saint Peter in Chains (San Pietro in Vincoli)
History Saint Peter in Chains was built in the fifth century (about 442) at the request of the Empress Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Valentinian III. Legend has it that, when she presented Pope Leo I with the relic of … Continue reading
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