Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy, in the

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

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. It is dedicated to the Roman martyr

Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia (), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox, Anglican Communion, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the ...

(early 3rd century AD) and serves as the

conventual church A church, church building, church house, or chapel is a building used for Christian worship services and Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 AD and 256 AD. ''Church'' is also u ...

for the adjacent

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

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History

The first church on this site was founded probably in the 3rd century, by

Pope Urban I Pope Urban I (), also known as Saint Urban (175?–230), was the bishop of Rome from 222 to 23 May 230.Kirsch, Johann Peter (1912). "Pope Urban I" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company. He was born in Rome ...

; it was devoted to the young Roman woman Cecilia, martyred it is said under

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. Alexander took power in 222, when he succeeded his slain c ...

(A.D. 222–235). Tradition holds that the church was built over the house of the saint. The

baptistery In Church architecture, Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French ''baptisterie''; Latin ''baptisterium''; Greek language, Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned ...

associated with this church, together with the remains of a Roman house of the early Empire, was found during some excavations under the Chapel of the Relics. By the late fifth century, at the Synod of 499 of

Pope Symmachus Pope Symmachus (died 19 July 514) was the bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 to his death on 19 July 514. His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was elected pope by a majority of the Roman clergy. Early life He was born on the Medi ...

, the church is mentioned as the ''Titulus Ceciliae''. On 22 November 545,

Pope Vigilius Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555) was the bishop of Rome from 29 March 537 to his death on 7 June 555. He is considered the first pope of the Byzantine papacy. Born into Roman aristocracy, Vigilius served as a deacon and papal ''apocrisiarius' ...

was celebrating the feast of the saint in the church, when the emissary of Empress

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, Anthemius Scribo, captured him.

Pope Paschal I Pope Paschal I (; died 824) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824. Paschal was a member of an aristocratic Roman family. Before his election to the papacy, he was abbot of St. Stephen's monas ...

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. The

cardinal priest A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. Ca ...

who is currently assigned to Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is

Gualtiero Bassetti Gualtiero Bassetti (born 7 April 1942) is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve from 2009 to 2022. He has been a bishop since 1994 and was made a cardinal in 2014. He was president of the Italian ...

. His predecessors include

Pope Stephen III Pope Stephen III (; 720 – 24 January 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death on 24 January 772. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. ...

, Pope

Martin IV Pope Martin IV (; born Simon de Brion; 1210/1220 – 28 March 1285), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death in 1285. He was the last French pope to hold his court in Rome before ...

(1261-1281),

Adam Easton Adam Easton ( – 15 September 1397) was an English Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal, born at Easton, Norfolk, Easton in Norfolk. Biography Easton joined the Benedictines at Norwich moving on to the Benedictine Gloucester College, Oxford wh ...

(1383), Pope

Innocent VIII Pope Innocent VIII (; ; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death, in July 1492. Son of the viceroy of Naples, Cybo spent his ea ...

(1474-1484),

Thomas Wolsey Thomas Wolsey ( ; – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal (catholic), cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's Lord High Almoner, almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and ...

(1515), Pope

Gregory XIV Pope Gregory XIV (; ; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death, in October 1591. Early career Niccolò S ...

(1585-1590),

Michele Mazzarino Michele Mazzarino, or Mazzarini, also known as Michel Mazarin, (1 September 1605 – 31 August 1648) was an Italian Cardinal and statesman in the service of France. Early life Mazzarino was born in Pescina, Italy, then part of the Kingdom of N ...

(1647),

Giuseppe Doria Pamphili Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili (born 11 November 1751 in Genoa, the capital of the Republic of Genoa – died on 8 February 1816 in Rome) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Cardinal Secretary of State. Biography Giuse ...

(1785),

Mariano Rampolla Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (17 August 1843 – 16 December 1913) was an Italian Cardinal in the Catholic Church, and the last man to have his candidacy for papal election vetoed through ''jus exclusivae'' by a Catholic monarch. Rampolla is i ...

(1887-1913), and

Carlo Maria Martini Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit and Biblical scholar. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Martini entered the Society of Jesus in ...

(d. 2012). Since 1527, a community of Benedictine nuns has lived in the monastery next to Santa Cecilia, and has had charge of the basilica. The inscriptions found in Santa Cecilia, a valuable source illustrating the history of the church, have been collected and published by Vincenzo Forcella.

Art and architecture

The church has a façade built in 1725 by

Ferdinando Fuga Ferdinando Fuga (11 November 1699 – 7 February 1782) was an Italian architect who was born in Florence, and is known for his work in Rome and Naples. Much of his early work was in Rome, notably, the Palazzo della Consulta (1732–7) at the Quir ...

, which incloses a courtyard decorated with ancient mosaics, columns and a ''cantharus'' (water vessel). Its decoration includes the coat of arms and the dedication to the titular cardinal who paid for the facade, Francesco Cardinal Acquaviva d'Aragona. Among the artifacts remaining from the 13th century edifice are a mural painting depicting the ''Last Judgment'' (1289–93) by

Pietro Cavallini Pietro Cavallini (1259 – ) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the late Middle Ages. Biography Little is known about his biography, though it is known he was from Rome, since he signed ''pictor romanus''. His first nota ...

in the choir of the nuns, and the ciborium (1293) in the presbytery by

Arnolfo di Cambio Arnolfo di Cambio ( – 1300/1310) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being ''capomaestro'' or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, and designed th ...

which is surrounded by four marble columns white and black, decorated with statuettes of angels, saints, prophets, and evangelists. The ''Last Judgement'' fresco which remains today, covering the entire width of the west wall of the entrance, is likely part of a cycle of Old and New Testament scenes by Cavallini on the north and south nave walls, based on remaining fragments of an Annunciation scene and stories of the life of

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. The frescoes were plastered over in a remodeling under Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva in 1724, which included building an

enclosed Enclosure or inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or "common land", enclosing it, and by doing so depriving commoners of their traditional rights of access and usage. Agreements to enc ...

choir, the floor of which cuts off part of the ''Last Judgement.'' Rediscovered in 1900, the fresco may be viewed during limited weekday hours for a small euro fee paid to the Benedictine nuns of the church.

Luigi Vanvitelli Luigi Vanvitelli (; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as (), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an ea ...

also did a altarpiece, ''Apparition of the Angel to St. Cecili'', and a fresco, ''Angels Musicians'', located in the Chapel of the Relics, just some of his few surviving paintings. The apse has remains of 9th century mosaics depicting the ''Redeemer with Saints

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, Cecilia,

Paschal I Pope Paschal I (; died 824) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824. Paschal was a member of an aristocratic Roman family. Before his election to the papacy, he was abbot of St. Stephen's monas ...

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, Valerian, and Agatha''. The ceiling of ''Cappella dei Ponziani'' was decorated ''God the Father with Evangelists'' (1470) by

Antonio del Massaro Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo, or ''Antonio da Viterbo'', nicknamed il Pastura (c. 1450–1516) was an Italian painter. Life and career The earliest mention of Il Pastura occurs in December 1478, when the artist participated in the establishm ...

(Antonio da Viterbo or ''il Pastura''). The ''Cappella delle Reliquie'' was frescoed and provided with an altarpiece by

. The nave is frescoed with the ''Apotheosis of Santa Cecilia'' (1727) by

Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, wh ...

. The church contains two altarpieces by

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but al ...

: ''Saints Valerian and Cecilia'' and a ''Decapitation of Saint Cecilia'' (1603). Santa Cecilia in Trastevere September 2015-5a

Under the ciborium of

that shelters the main altar is a glass case enclosing the white marble sculpture of St. Cecilia (1600) by the late-

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sculptor

Stefano Maderno Stefano Maderno (''c.'' 1576 – 17 September 1636) was one of the greatest Roman sculptors of the early 17th century. Biography Information about Maderno's life is scarce and often contradictory. He was long supposed to have been a brother ...

. A marble slab in the pavement in front of the case quotes Maderno's sworn statement that he has recorded the body as he saw it when the tomb was opened in 1599. The statue depicts the three axe strokes described in the 5th-century account of her martyrdom. It also underscores the incorruptibility of her cadaver (an attribute of some 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 by

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italians, Italian sculptor and Italian architect, architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prom ...

(for example, his '' Blessed Ludovica Albertoni'') and

Melchiorre Cafà Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), born Melchiorre Gafà and also known as Caffà, Gafa, Gaffar or Gafar, was a Maltese Baroque sculptor. Cafà began a promising career in Rome but this was cut short by his premature death following a work acciden ...

('' Santa Rosa de Lima''). The crypt is decorated in

cosmatesque Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the architecture of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of church floors, but was also ...

style, and contains the relics of St. Cecilia and her husband St. Valerian. In the apse of the crypt are the remains of an altar whose inscription indicates that it was dedicated by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) on 3 June 1080.

List of cardinal protectors

(22 February 2014 - present) *

(1983.02.02 – 2012.08.31) * John Patrick Cody (1967.06.29 – 1982.04.25) *

Albert Gregory Meyer Albert Gregory Meyer (March 9, 1903 – April 9, 1965) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1958 until his death in 1965. He was appointed a cardinal in 1959. He previously served as Archbishop of Milwaukee ...

(1959.12.17 – 1965.04.07) *

Gaetano Cicognani Gaetano Cicognani (26 November 1881 – 5 February 1962) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1954 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. T ...

(1953.10.29 – 1959.12.14) *

Francesco Marmaggi Francesco Marmaggi (31 August 1876 – 3 November 1949) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation of the Council and, earlier, as Nuncio in Romania, Czechoslovakia and Poland, as well as being a specia ...

(1936.01.04 – 1949.11.03) * Bonaventura Cerretti (1926.06.24 – 1933.03.13) *

Augusto Silj Augusto Silj J.U.D. (9 July 1846 – 27 February 1926) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. He was the cousin of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri (1 ...

(1919.12.18 – 1926.02.27) *

Domenico Serafini Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl. (3 August 1852 – 5 March 1918) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served in various pastoral, diplomatic, and curial posts, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1914. Biography ...

, O.S.B. Subl. (1914.05.28 – 1918.03.05) * Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1887.05.26 – 1913.12.16) *

Innocenzo Ferrieri Innocenzo Ferrieri (1810–1887) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Ferrieri was appointed Titular Archbishop of Side on 4 October 1847. He was elevated to Cardinal on 13 March 1868 by Pope Pius IX and appointed Cardinal-Prie ...

(1868.09.24 – 1887.01.13) * Karl August Graf von Reisach (1861.09.27 – 1868.06.22) * Giovanni Brunelli (1853.12.22 – 1861.02.21) *

Giacomo Luigi Brignole Giacomo Luigi Brignole (8 May 1797 – 23 June 1853) was a Catholic Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Early life Brignole was born on 8 May 1797 in Genoa, then the capital of the Republic of Genoa. He was educate ...

(1838.09.13 – 1847.06.11, 1847.06.11 – 1853.06.23 ''

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'') * Giorgio Doria Pamfilj Landi (1818.03.16 – 1837.11.16) *

Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili (born 11 November 1751 in Genoa, the capital of the Republic of Genoa – died on 8 February 1816 in Rome) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Cardinal Secretary of State. Biography Giusep ...

(1802.09.20 – 1803.09.26, 1803.09.26 – 1816.02.10 ''

'') *

Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, CRSP (23 June 1718 – 12 August 1802) was an Italian theologian, bishop and cardinal, who was a significant figure in the response of the papacy to the assault on the Catholic Church by the upheavals caused by the ...

, B. (1784.09.20 – 1802.08.12) * Girolamo Spinola (1775.03.13 – 1775.04.03, 1775.04.03 – 1784.07.22 ''

'') * Ferdinando Maria de Rossi (1767.12.14 – 1775.02.04) *

Giuseppe Maria Feroni Giuseppe Maria Feroni (30 April 1693 – 15 November 1767) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, and camerlengo from 1760–1761. A famous bust of him by Andre-Jean Lebrun is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Biograp ...

(1764.12.17 – 1767.11.15) *

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(1759.02.12 – 1764.10.13) * Giorgio Doria (1757.01.03 – 1759.01.31) * Joaquín Fernández Portocarrero (1747.04.10 – 1753.04.09) *

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(1733.01.19 – 1747.03.20) *

Cornelio Bentivoglio Cornelio Bentivoglio (27 March 1668 – 30 December 1732 in Ferrara) was an Italian nobleman and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. Born at Ferrara to the powerful House of Bentivoglio, Bentivoglio family, and a relative of the cardinal Guido Ben ...

(1727.06.25 – 1732.12.30) * Filippo Antonio Gualterio (1725.01.29 – 1726.07.31) * Francesco Acquaviva (1709.01.28 – 1724.06.12, 1724.06.12 – 1725.01.09 ''in commendam'') *

Giacomo Antonio Morigia Jacopo Antonio Morigia also known as Giacomo Antonio Moriggia (Milan, 23 February 1633 – Pavia, 8 October 1708 ) was a cardinal and Italian Catholic archbishop. He was Bishop of San Miniato from 1 September 1681 - 15 February 1683, Metro ...

, B. (1699.04.11 – 1708.10.08) *

Celestino Sfondrati Celestino Sfondrati (10 January 1644 – 4 September 1696) was an Italian Benedictine theologian, Prince-abbot of St. Gall and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. Life Sfondrati was born at Milan. At the age of twelve he was placed in the sch ...

, O.S.B. (1696.02.20 – 1696.09.04) * Giambattista Spinola (1681.09.22 – 1696.02.20) *

Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk Philip Howard (21 September 1629 – 17 June 1694) was an English Roman Catholic cardinal. Life Philip Howard was born the third son of Henry Frederick Howard (afterwards Earl of Arundel and Surrey and head of the House of Norfolk) and his wife, ...

, O.P. (1676.03.23 – 1679.09.25) *

Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (iuniore) Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona may refer to: * Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1560–1612), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1609–1674), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal {{Disambiguation ...

(1658.03.18 – 1674.09.26) *

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 ' ...

(1650.11.21 – 1657.05.15) *

Gaspare Mattei Cardinal Gaspare Mattei Gaspare Mattei (1598 - around 1am, 9 April 1650) was an Italian cardinal of the house of Mattei. Life Mattei was born in Rome, the eldest son of Mario Mattei, duke of Paganica and Prudenzia Cenci; he was a relative of P ...

(1648.09.28 – 1650.04.09) *

Michel Mazarin Michele Mazzarino, or Mazzarini, also known as Michel Mazarin, (1 September 1605 – 31 August 1648) was an Italian Cardinal and statesman in the service of France. Early life Mazzarino was born in Pescina, Italy, then part of the Kingdom of N ...

, O.P. (1647.12.16 – 1648.08.31) *

Giovanni Domenico Spinola Giandomenico Spinola (1580 – 11 August 1646) (also Giovanni Domenico Spinola) was an Italian cardinal. Early life Spinola was born in 1580 in Genoa. Though few records exist detailing his family background or education, he is listed as ''Questor ...

(1629.04.30 – 1646.08.11) *

Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro (16 November 1579 – 5 June 1653) was a Venetian Catholic Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice. Early life Cornaro was born in Venice on 16 November 1579, the son of Doge Giovanni Cornaro and Chiara Delfino ...

(1627.11.15 – 1629.04.26) *

Giambattista Leni Giambattista Leni (1573–1627) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.on consistory of 20 November 1608 was created cardinal by Pope Paul V On 20 July 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Ottavio Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio, ...

(1618.03.05 – 1627.11.03) *

Paolo Emilio Sfondrati Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560 – 14 February 1618) was an Italian cardinal. Biography Born to a noble family in Milan and the nephew of Pope Gregory XIV, he was the cardinal priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, papal legate in Bologna, member ...

(1591.01.14 – 1618.02.14) *

Niccolò Sfondrati Pope Gregory XIV (; ; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death, in October 1591. Early career Niccolò S ...

(later Pope Gregory XIV) (1585.01.14 – 1590.12.05) *

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(1561.03.10 – 1563.10.22 pro illa vice Deaconry, 1563.10.22 – 1572.10.17) * Robert de Lenoncourt (1555.12.11 – 1560.03.13) * Charles de Guise de Lorraine (1547.11.04 – 1555.12.11) *

Jean du Bellay Jean du Bellay (1492 – 16 February 1560) was a French diplomat and cardinal, a younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and cousin and patron of the poet Joachim du Bellay. He was bishop of Bayonne by 1526, a member of the ''Conseil privé'' ...

(1535.05.31 – 1547.10.26) * Francesco Cornaro (1534.04.27 – 1534.09.05) *

Gabriel de Gramont Gabriel de Gramont (1486–1534) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Gabriel de Gramont was born in Gascony in 1486, the son of Roger de Gramont, ''signeur'' of Bidache, and Eléonore de Béarn. His brother, Charles de ...

(1531.01.09 – 1534.03.26) *

(1515.09.10 – 1530.11.29) * Carlo Domenico de Carretto (1513.06? – 1514.08.15) *

Francesco Alidosi Francesco Alidosi (145524 May 1511) was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and condottiero, remembered as a friend and favourite of Pope Julius II, used by Michelangelo to smooth his relations with his difficult patron. He accompanied Giuliano della R ...

(1506.08.11 – 1511.05.24) *

Francisco de Borja Francisco de Borja y Navarro de Alpicat (1441 – 4 November 1511) was a Spanish cardinal, and the seventh of ten cardinal-nephews created by Pope Alexander VI. Biography Borja was born in 1441 in Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, from the Aragone ...

(1500.10.05 – 1506.08.11) * Lorenzo Cibo de’ Mari (1497.12.09 – 1500.09 ''in commendam'') * Giovanni Giacomo Schiaffinati (1484.11.17 – 1497.12.09) *

Giovanni Battista Cibò Pope Innocent VIII (; ; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death, in July 1492. Son of the viceroy of Naples, Cybo spent his ea ...

(later Pope Innocent VIII) (1474.01 – 1484.08.29) *

Niccolò Fortiguerra Niccolò Fortiguerra (also spelled Forteguerri) (1419 — 1473) was an Italian papal legate, military commander, and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. Born at Pistoia, he was related to Pope Pius II and is counted as a cardinal-nephew. He had a d ...

(1460.03.19 – 1473.12.21) *

Rinaldo Piscicello Rinaldo Piscicello (c1415–1457) (called the Cardinal of Naples) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Rinaldo Piscicello was born in Naples in 1415 or 1416, the son of Nicola Piscicello and Maria d'Alagni. His mother was ...

(1457.03.21 – 1457.07.04) * Louis Aleman, C.R.S.J. (1426.05.27 – 1440.04.11, 1449.12.19 – 1450.10.16) *

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(1402.02.27 – 1405.06.12) *

, E.B.C. (1389.12.18 – 1398.08.15) * Bonaventura Badoaro de Peraga, O.E.S.A. (1378.09.18 – 1389.07.10) *

Bertrand Lagier Bertrand Lagier Franciscans, O.Min. (died 8 November 1392) was a French Franciscan and cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Assisi in 1357, and bishop of Glandèves in France, in 1368. He was made cardinal o ...

, O.F.M. (1375 – 1378.04, 1378.04 – 1392.11.08 ''in commendam'') *

Guy de Boulogne Guy of Boulogne (1313 – 25 November 1373) was a statesman and cardinal who served the Avignon Papacy for 33 years. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1352, 1362 and 1370, and was the Subdean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. His dipl ...

(1342.09.20 – 1350, 1350 – 1373.11.25 ''in commendam'') *

Guillaume Pierre Godin Guillaume de Pierre Godin (Guilhem de Peyre Godin) (c. 1260 – 1336) was a French Dominican Order, Dominican theologian, and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. Life Godin was born in Bayonne and spent his early years in south-west France.Ala ...

, O.P. (1312.12.23 – 1317.09.12, 1317.09.12 – 1336.06.04 ''in commendam'') *

Tommaso d'Ocra Tommaso d'Ocra, O.Celest., or Tommaso de Apruntio (born at a date unknown, in a place unknown; died 29 May 1300 in Naples) was an Italian monk and Roman Catholic Cardinal. Family His name, d'Ocra, does not refer to his birthplace ('from Ocra ...

, O.S.B. Cel. (1294.09.18 – 1300.05.29) * Jean Cholet (12 April 1281 – 2 August 1293) *

Simon de Brion Pope Martin IV (; born Simon de Brion; 1210/1220 – 28 March 1285), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death in 1285. He was the last French pope to hold his court in Rome before ...

(17 December 1261 – 22 February 1281) * Simon de Sully (1231 – 1232) * Paio Galvão, O.S.B. (1210 – 1212) *

Pietro Diana Pietro Diani (died 1208, Rome) was an Italian cardinal. The name "Diana" is incorrect; he signs himself ''Petrus Dianus''. Life Petrus Diani was born in Piacenza around the middle of the 12th century. He is first noticed as a papal subdeacon i ...

(1188 – 1208) * Cinzio Papareschi (1178 – 1182) *Pietro (1178 – 1178) * Tiberio Savelli (1176 – 1178) *Manfredo, O.S.B. Cas. (1173 – 1176) *Pietro (1159.02 – ?) * Ottaviano di Monticelli (later Antipope Victor IV) (2 March 1151 – 7 September 1159) * Goselinus (Joselmo) (1128.12 – 1132?) *Joannes (c.1106 – 1128) * Desiderius da Benevento, O.S.B. Cas. (1059 – 1086)Hüls, p. 154-156, no. 1.

References

Sources

* Jacobus Laderchius, ''S. Cæciliæ virg. et mart. acta et Transtyberina basilica,'' 2 vols., Pagliarini, Rome 1723). * Vincenzo Forcella, ''Inscrizioni delle chiese di Roma,'' Roma 1873, pp. 17–46. (The inscriptions found in the church) * Bertha Ellen Lovewell, ''The Life of St. Cecilia,'' Lamson, Wolffe and Company, Boston-New York-London 1898. * Torquato Picarelli, ''Basilica e casa romana di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere,'' Romana, Rome 1904. * Torquato Piccarelli, ''Monografia storica anecdotica della chiesa, cripta, e casa di S. Cecilia in Trastevere,'' Rome 1922. * Hüls, Rudolf, '' Kardinal, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130,'' Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 1977 . * Neda Parmegiani and Alberto Pronti, ''Il complesso di S. Cecilia in Trastevere'' (Roma : Sydaco Editrice, 1997). * Anna Maria Panzera, ''The Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere,'' Nuove Edizioni Romane, Rome 2001. * Valentina Oliva, ''La basilica di Santa Cecilia'' (Edizioni d'arte Marconi, No. 73), Marconi arti grafiche, Genoa 2004.

External links

Official website with visiting hours

"Beggar's Rome"
- A self-directed virtual tour of St. Cecilia in Trastevere and other Roman churches

* Armellini, Mariano

''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX'', Tipografia Vaticana, 1891. Through Bill Thayer's site

Kunsthistorie.com
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