::''This Church is not to be confused with the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, a Deaconry.'' Santa Maria in Via is a basilica church in Rome. The church or a chapel existed in the 9th century, but was rebuilt following reports of a miracle. In 1165, it is recorded as Santa Maria in Via, whose appellative means "on the Way", with a reference to the nearby

Via Flaminia The Via Flaminia or Flaminian Way was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to ''Ariminum'' (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had ...

History

On the site there was the house of Cardinal Pietro Capocci, with a well in the stables. On the night of 26 September 1256, the well overflowed. A picture of Our Lady was floating on the waters, which disappeared as soon as the picture was taken. Pope Alexander IV declared it a miracle, and ordered the construction of a chapel on its place; in the chapel (the first on the right of the current church) there is still the well of the miracle.

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ordered the construction of the current church, which was built in 1491–1513. Renovations were performed under Francesco da Volterra and later by Carlo Lombardi. The façade and portico were designed by

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

(1660). The main altar was decorated by

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. The works were completed under Cardinal Saint Robert Bellarmine, titular of the church, in 1604. The church of S. Maria in Via now serves as a national church in Rome for the Ecuadorian community. The church has been served by the Servite Order since a grant of Pope Leo X in 1513.

Cardinal Priests

The ''Titulus S. Mariae in Via'' was instituted by Pope Julius III in 1551. The occupants of the titulus have been: *

Fulvio Giulio della Corgna Fulvio Giulio della Corgna (also Della Cornia, Della Corgnia) (19 November 1517 – 2 March 1583) was a Tuscan Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Fulvio Giulio della Corgna was born in Perugia on 19 November 1517, the son of Francia della ...

, O.S.Io.Hieros. (4 December 1551 — 29 May 1555) translated to Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola *

Giacomo Puteo Giacomo Puteo (1495–1563) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giacomo Puteo was born in Majorca on 13 February 1495, the son of noble Antoni del Pozzo (from Nice, native of Alessandria, Piedmont) and Praxedis Bera ...

(29 May 1555 — 26 April 1563) *

Alessandro Sforza Alessandro Sforza (21 October 1409 – 3 April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family. Biography He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condottier ...

(15 May 1565 — 16 May 1581) *

Vincenzo Lauro Vincenzo Lauro (1523–1592) was an Italian papal diplomat, bishop of Mondovì, and Cardinal from 1583. He was born at Tropea. His career was forwarded by Cardinal Pier Paolo Parisio and Cardinal Nicola Gaddi. He became a diplomat while acting ...

(20 May 1585 — 2 March 1589) translated to Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente *

Gianfrancesco Morosini Giovan Francesco Morosini or ''Gianfrancesco Morosini'' (30 September 1537 – 14 January 1596) was a Venetian Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Brescia and Apostolic Nuncio in France. Life Giovanni Francesco Morosini was born in ...

(28 March 1590 — 10 January 1596) *

Silvio Savelli Silvio Savelli (died 1515) was an Italian condottiero. A member of the Savelli family of Rome, he was the brother of Troiano Savelli. After the initial baronial struggles against the Colonna and the Orsini, he was hired by the Republic of Flore ...

(21 June 1596 — 22 January 1599) * Roberto Bellarmino, S.J. (17 March 1599 — 1 June 1605) translated to Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana) * Stefano Pignatelli (3 March 1621 — 12 August 1623) *

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(12 August 1630 — 2 August 1643) translated to Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio *

Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli Francesco Angelo Rappaccioli (1608 – 15 May 1657) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Biography Rappaccioli was born in 1608, the son of a modest family in Narni, Italy. He entered the service of the church and became a referendary of the ' ...

(14 December 1643 — 21 November 1650) translated to Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia *

Carlo Rossetti Carlo Rossetti, ca. 1654-1672. Carlo Rossetti (Roscetti) (1614 – 23 November 1681) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, born of the noble Rossetti family in Ferrara. Earlier in his career he went to London as a secret nuncio on behalf of Pope U ...

(18 August 1653 — 9 March 1654) translated to Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite * Francesco Albizzi (23 March 1654 – 24 August 1671) Appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati * César d’Estrées (8 August 1672 – 28 January 1675) Appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio *

Carlo Carafa della Spina Carlo Carafa della Spina (1611–1680) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 1 Jan 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Ciriaco Rocci, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro, with Fabio Lagonissa, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Alfo ...

, C.R. (27 May 1675 – 19 Oct 1680) *

Francesco Maidalchini Francesco Maidalchini (21 April 1631 – 13 June 1700) was an Italian people, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Early life Maidalchini was born 12 April 1631 in Viterbo, the son of Andrea Maidalchini and P ...

(19 October 1689 – 23 July 1691) Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede *

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(2 January 1696 – 12 June 1724) Appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Albano *

Melchior de Polignac Melchior Cardinal de Polignac (11 October 1661 – 20 November 1742) was a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. Second son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac and Marquis Chalancon, Governor of Puy; and Jacqueline de Beauvoir -Grimoard-d ...

(20 November 1724 – 19 December 1725) Appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli *

Francesco Antonio Finy Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sever ...

(8 March 1728 – 6 July 1729) Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto * Carlo Vincenzo Maria Ferreri, O.P. (23 December 1729 – 9 December 1742) *

Giuseppe Pozzobonelli Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli (or ''Puteobonellus'', 1696–1783) was an Italian Cardinal and the Archbishop of Milan from 1743 to 1783. Early life Giuseppe Pozzobonelli was born on 11 August 1696 in Milan, which at the time was part of Duchy of Mila ...

(23 September 1743 – 2 Aug 1758 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva) * Pierfrancesco Bussi (19 November 1759 – 10 September 1765) *

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(6 April 1767 – 31 July 1786) *

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(23 February 1801 – 20 September 1802) Appointed Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli *

Michele Di Pietro Michele di Pietro J.U.D. (18 January 1747 – 2 July 1821) was an Roman Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. He was an uncle ...

(20 September 1802 – 8 March 1816) Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano *

Giorgio Doria Pamphilj Landi Giorgio Doria Pamphilj Landi (17 November 1772 – 16 November 1837) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Rome, Italy to the prominent Genoese family of Doria-Pamphili-Landi. He was distantly related to Pope Innocent X (1 ...

(22 July 1816 – 16 March 18180 Appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia * Carlo Maria Pedicini (16 May 1823 – 15 December 1828) Appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace * Luigi Amat di San Filipo e Sorso (19 May 1837– 15 March 1852) Appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina * François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet (27 June 1853 – 23 December 1882) * François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne (30 December 1889 – 28 January 1908) * Agostino Richelmy (27 November 1911 – 10 August 1923) *

Patrick Joseph Hayes Patrick Joseph Hayes (November 20, 1867 – September 4, 1938) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924. Early life an ...

(27 March 1924 – 4 September 1938) *

Thomas Tien Ken-sin Thomas Tien Ken-sin, SVD (; October 24, 1890 – July 24, 1967) was a Chinese Cardinal of the Catholic Church and chair of Fu Jen Catholic University. He served as Archbishop of Peking from 1946 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinal ...

, S.V.D (18 February 1946 – 24 July 1967) *

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(5 March 1973 – 23 February 1978) * Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can (30 June 1979 – 18 May 1990) * Egano Righi-Lambertini (26 November 1990 – 4 October 2000) * Antonio José González Zumárraga,

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

(21 February 2001 – 13 October 2008) *

Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1 January 1934 – 15 November 2020) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion ...

(20 November 2010 – 15 November 2020) *

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(27 August 2022 – present)

References

Bibliography

* Mariano Armellini, ''Le chiese di Roma, dalle loro origine sino al secolo XVI'' (Roma: Tipografia editrice Romana, 1887), pp. 334–336. * Carlo Cecchelli, ''S. Maria in Via'' (Rome: Casa Editrice "Roma" 192?) e Chiese di Roma illustrate, n. 14
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