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Monday in Passion Week.
Station at Saint Chrysogonus.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus,
Trastevere, Rome.
Photo: September 3006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
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Among the previous Cardinal Priests, from 1853 until 1878, was Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, who was subsequently elected Pope Leo XIII.
To encourage the Public Penitents, and ourselves, likewise to persevere in the austerities of Lent, The Church reminds us, in the Epistle, of the pardon granted to the Ninivites, who, moved by the voice of Jonas, Fasted and covered themselves with Ashes for forty days.
Pope Leo XIII was a previous Cardinal-Priest of the Basilica of San Crisogono. Photogram of the 1896 film, “Sua Santitá Papa Leone XIII”, the first time a Pope appeared in a movie. This image was copied from wikipedia:de
The original description was: Papst_Leo_XIII. um ca. 1898.
Public Domain. Library of Congress
This File: March 2006.
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The Jews, on the contrary, far from listening to Him, of whom Jonas was a figure, sought to lay hands on Jesus, Whom they are shortly to put to death. Jesus, in predicting it to them, announced to them His Triumph and their reprobation: “Yet a little while, and I go to My Father, and thither you cannot come.”
Let us ask “God to sanctify our Fasts and mercifully grant us the pardon of our sins” (Collect), so that “we may always enjoy health of Soul and body” (Prayer over the people).
Mass: Miserére mihi.
Preface: Of The Holy Cross.
Basilica of San Crisogono, Rome.
Photo: December 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
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San Crisogono is a Basilica Church in Rome (rione Trastevere) Dedicated to the Martyr, Saint Chrysogonus.
The Church was one of the Tituli, the first Parish Churches of Rome. It was most probably built in the 4th-Century A.D. under Pope Sylvester I (314 A.D. – 335 A.D.), rebuilt in the 12th-Century by John of Crema, and, again, by Giovanni Battista Soria, funded by Scipione Borghese, in the Early-17th-Century.
The area beneath the Sacristy was investigated by
Fr. L. Manfredini and Fr. C. Piccolini in 1907. They found remains of the first Church (see, below).
Saint Polycarp, Saint Vincent of Saragossa,
Saint Pancras of Rome, Saint Chrysogonus.
Photo: July 2011.
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At Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna.
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Art and Architecture.
The Bell Tower dates from the 12th-Century. The interior of the Church was rebuilt in the 1620s, on the site of a 12th-Century Church. The twenty-two granite Columns, in the Nave, are recycled antique Columns. The floor is Cosmatesque, but most of it is hidden by the Pews. The High Altar is from 1127, with a Baldacchino from the Early-17th-Century by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
English: The Baroque Coffered-Ceiling
with a centre painting by Guercino.
Italiano: San Crisogono. Soffitto a lacunari
con stemmi del cardinale Scipione Borghese.
Photo: March 2007.
User: Lalupa
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On the Left Side of the Nave, is the Shrine of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi. She was buried here in the Habit of a Tertiary of the Trinitarians. Some of her belongings are in the adjacent Monastery, where they are kept as Relics.
The Monument at the Left of the Entrance, Dedicated to Cardinal Giovanno Jacopo Millo, was completed by Carlo Marchionni and Pietro Bracci. Along the Right of the Nave are the fresco remains, including a Santa Francesca Romana and a Crucifixion, attributed to Paolo Guidotti and Transferred from the Church of Saints Barbara and Catherine. The Nave also contains a painting of Three Archangels, by Giovanni da San Giovanni.
English: Cosmatesque floor.
Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus.
Italiano: Basilica di san Crisogono
in Trastevere: pavimento cosmatesco.
Photo: December 2006.
User: Lalupa
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Excavations.
Remains from the first Church, possibly from the Reign of Emperor Constantine I, and earlier Roman houses, can be seen in the lower parts, reached by a staircase in the Sacristy. The ruins are confusing, but you can easily find the Apse of the old Church, and you can see the remains of the Martyr’s Shrine in the middle of the Apse wall.
On either side of the Apse, are rooms known as “Pastophoria”, Service rooms of a type uncommon in The West. but normal in Eastern Churches. The one on the Right-Hand Side is thought to have been used as a “Diaconium”, with functions resembling those of the Sacristy in later Churches. The other would probably have been a “Protesis”, where Holy Relics were kept.
Mosaic of Virgin and Child, with Saint Chrysogonus (Left) and Saint James the Greater (Right). Church of San Crisogono.
Photo: July 2011.
User: Adam sk
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Others think that the Basin in the South Wall was made for Baptism by immersion. As there were other Basins, too, it seems more likely that it was originally intended for a different use, but it may well have been used as a Baptismal Font, after the building had been Consecrated as a Church.
Liturgy.
The paintings are from the 8th-Century A.D. to the 11th-Century, and include Pope Sylvester capturing the dragon, Saint Pantaleon healing the blind man, Saint Benedict healing the leper and the rescue of Saint Placid. Several Sarcophagi have been preserved, some beautifully decorated. Below the first Church, are remains of Late-Republican houses.
The Feast Day of Saint Chrysogonus, 24 November, is also the Dedication Day of the Church in Rome.
Pilgrims and other Faithful, who attend Mass in this Church on this day, receive a Plenary Indulgence.
Saint Peter’s Italian Church,
Clerkenwell, London.
This London Church is modelled on
the Basilica of Saint Chrysogonus, Rome.
Illustration: THE DAILY CONSTITUTIONAL
Saint Peter’s Italian Catholic Church,
Camberwell, London.
Italian Church Choir.
Sung Latin Mass.
1100 hrs, Sundays.
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The following three paragraphs are taken from the Web-Site of Saint Peter’s Italian Catholic Church, Camberwell, London, at SAINT PETER'S ITALIAN CHURCH
Saint Peter’s Italian Church, in Clerkenwell, London, has been described as “one of the most beautiful Churches in London”.
Opened in 1863, it was, at the time, the only Church in Britain designed in the Roman Basilican Style. The Irish Architect, John Miller Bryson, worked from Plans drawn by Francesco Gualandi of Bologna, modelled on the Basilica of San Crisogno, in Rome.
It has a tranquil feel and one could spend hours there, soaking up the Prayerful atmosphere and admiring the stunning Painted Ceilings and Artwork.
Saint Peter’s Italian Church, London, is modelled on the Basilica of San Crisogono in Rome, Saint Peter’s Italian Church was consecrated as “The Church of All Nations” in 1863. This moniker is reflected in not only the Italian Congregation (2000-strong by the 1850s), but in its Irish architect, John Miller-Bryson, as well as the addition of Polish-speaking Priests back in the 1870s.
The Church in London was Founded by Saint Vincent Pallotti, the Roman Catholic Priest remembered in one of the Church’s icons.
“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE
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