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Thursday of The First Week in Lent.
Station at Saint Laurence’s-in-Panisperna.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
Church of San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna, Rome.
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Author: LPLT
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The Church reminds The Catechumens that, since the coming of Jesus, it is no longer the Race of Israel, alone, that has the promise, but that all can enter The Church by Baptism and partake of The Eucharistic Bread of The Children of God.
If the heathen will Solemnly deny the evil deeds of his fathers and practise the Christian Law of Penance and Charity (Epistle), his Prayer will be granted, as was that of the woman who belonged to the accursed Race of Canaan, but whose Faith was great (Gospel).
Let us seek in The Eucharist the strength required to observe Lent. For it is our Fasting, in conjunction with The Sacrifice of Jesus, that will obtain for us Salvation (Secret, Communion, Postcommunion).
Mass: Conféssio et pulchritúdo.
Preface: Of Lent.
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San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna, or San Lorenzo-in-Formoso, is a Church on Via Panisperna, Rome. It was built on the site of Saint Laurence’s Martyrdom.
Panisperna most probably refers to the Tradition of The Poor Clares (in the adjacent Convent) of distributing bread and ham (pane e perna) on 10 August, Laurence’s Feast Day, in remembrance of his distributing funds from The Church to the Poor. "Formoso" refers to Pope Formosus, who built the first attested Church, here.
Tradition states that the first building was constructed during the Reign of Emperor Constantine I, only 100 years after the Martyrdom of Saint Laurence, though the first written evidence is from 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII rebuilt the Church and annexed an Abbey to it. That Abbey was given to The Benedictines in 1451, and then had The Poor Clares settled in it by Cardinal Jacopo Colonna in 1896, who also restored the Church and Monastery.
The Franciscans now Serve the Church. In the 5th-Century A.D., this Church was one of Rome’s Stational Churches and was visited by The Pope on its Titular Day, the Thursday of The First Week in Lent. Recent Popes have revived this ancient custom.
The present Church is a result of a re-building by Carlo Rainaldi in 1575–1576, under Pope Gregory XIII. It was at this time that it became known as “in-Panisperna”, rather than “in-Formoso”, and that the present Façade was built.
A new Outer Portico was added in the 17th-Century, then restored and decorated with images of Saint Laurence and Saint Francis of Assisi in 1893–1894 by Pope Leo XIII, who, in 1843, had been Ordained Bishop in this Church. Pope Leo XIII also added a steep flight of steps, in front of the Church, leading to a tree-lined Courtyard. There is a modern bronze statue of Saint Bridget of Sweden, here.
A Mediæval house is preserved, next to the Church, with an exterior staircase, one of the few such houses to have been preserved in Rome.
The Church has a single Nave with three Chapels on each side.
South Side.
Includes a painting of Saint Clare of Assisi (1756), by Antonio Nessi, and a Ceiling fresco of Glory of Saint Laurence, by Antonio Bicchierai.
Contains the Tomb of the brothers, Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, with a painting by Giovanni Francesco Romano.
Painting of The Immaculate Conception, by Giuseppe Ranucci.
Saint Laurence’s Martyrdom,
by Pasquale Cati (1589).
Church of San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna, Rome
Photo: March 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: LPLT
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.
(Wikimedia Commons)
San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna, or San Lorenzo-in-Formoso, is a Church on Via Panisperna, Rome. It was built on the site of Saint Laurence’s Martyrdom.
Panisperna most probably refers to the Tradition of The Poor Clares (in the adjacent Convent) of distributing bread and ham (pane e perna) on 10 August, Laurence’s Feast Day, in remembrance of his distributing funds from The Church to the Poor. "Formoso" refers to Pope Formosus, who built the first attested Church, here.
Tradition states that the first building was constructed during the Reign of Emperor Constantine I, only 100 years after the Martyrdom of Saint Laurence, though the first written evidence is from 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII rebuilt the Church and annexed an Abbey to it. That Abbey was given to The Benedictines in 1451, and then had The Poor Clares settled in it by Cardinal Jacopo Colonna in 1896, who also restored the Church and Monastery.
English: Chapel of Saint Brigid,
Church of Saint Laurence-in-Panisperna, Rome.
Italiano: Chiesa di San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna,
Cappella di Santa Brigida.
Photo: 1996.
Source: Own work.
Author: Torvindus
(Wikimedia Commons)
The present Church is a result of a re-building by Carlo Rainaldi in 1575–1576, under Pope Gregory XIII. It was at this time that it became known as “in-Panisperna”, rather than “in-Formoso”, and that the present Façade was built.
A new Outer Portico was added in the 17th-Century, then restored and decorated with images of Saint Laurence and Saint Francis of Assisi in 1893–1894 by Pope Leo XIII, who, in 1843, had been Ordained Bishop in this Church. Pope Leo XIII also added a steep flight of steps, in front of the Church, leading to a tree-lined Courtyard. There is a modern bronze statue of Saint Bridget of Sweden, here.
A Mediæval house is preserved, next to the Church, with an exterior staircase, one of the few such houses to have been preserved in Rome.
Church of San Lorenzo-in-Panisperna, Rome
Photo: March 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: LPLT
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.
(Wikimedia Commons)
South Side.
Includes a painting of Saint Clare of Assisi (1756), by Antonio Nessi, and a Ceiling fresco of Glory of Saint Laurence, by Antonio Bicchierai.
Contains the Tomb of the brothers, Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, with a painting by Giovanni Francesco Romano.
Painting of The Immaculate Conception, by Giuseppe Ranucci.
North Side.
Painting of The Stigmata of Saint Francis, by Niccolò Lapiccola.
Chapel of Saint Bridget, where she was buried before her body was moved to Sweden. She had used to beg for Alms for The Poor outside this Church, and Prayed before The Crucifix by The High Altar. Now, a Martyr, named Victoria, lies underneath the Altar in the Chapel.
The painting of Saint Bridget, Praying before The Crucifix, is by Giuseppe Montesanti and was painted in 1757.
An 18th-Century Crucifix of The Roman School.
Under its Porch is a Chapel containing the oven, said to have been used for Saint Laurence’s Martyrdom. A Late-16th-Century fresco of The Martyrdom of Saint Laurence stands behind The High Altar (by Pasquale Cati, a mediocre pupil of Michelangelo). The Crucifix, by The High Altar, is from the 14th-Century.
