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

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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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