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Capuchin Crypt in Rome, Italy Capuchin Crypt. The Capuchin Crypt is a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto near Piazza Barberini in Rome, Italy. It contains the skeletal remains of 3,700 bodies believed to be Capuchin friars buried by their order. [1]
Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins) is a Roman Catholic church located at Via Vittorio Veneto, 27, just north of the Piazza Barberini, in Rome, Italy. It is the first Roman church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. [1]
The Basilica of Saint Praxedes (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, Italian: Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major, on Via di Santa Prassede, rione Monti in Rome, Italy.
There are two engraved plaques on each side of the facade: one depicts a winged skeleton with the inscription "Hodie mihi, cras tibi", i.e. “Today for me, tomorrow for you”, the other, over an almsbox, is the seated death who, holding a winged hourglass in his hand, observing a dying man. [ 4 ]
It took its title and much of its artwork from the old church of Santa Maria Liberatrice in the Forum. [7] On 5 February 1965, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-deacon. [8] Cardinal-Protectors. Giuseppe Beltrami (1967–1973); cardinal-priest pro hac vice [9] Opilio Rossi (1976–1987) [10] [11] [12]
Santa Maria Immacolata in Grottarossa is a Catholic church in Rome's Grottarossa area, along the ancient Via Flaminia. It has been under the titular possession of Wilton Gregory of Washington since his elevation to the cardinalate in 2020.
The church does not have side chapels, but niches. To the right of the entrance is the baptistery, with a font of black marble. [ 5 ] Along the right side of the nave, the first altarpiece is a Martydom of St Andrew (1685) by Giacinto Brandi , while the second altarpiece is a Saints Giuseppe, Nicola, and Biagio by Giuseppe Ghezzi .
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù [1] [a] (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus), is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (best known as Jesuits).