List of churches in Rome

This is a list of churches in Rome, organized by the modern administrative divisions of the city (rioni, quartieri, and suburban zones).

Rome contains one of the largest and most historically layered concentrations of churches in the world. The city's ecclesiastical landscape developed continuously from late antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the modern period, with many churches founded on earlier tituli, rebuilt across multiple centuries, and adapted to changing liturgical and urban conditions. As a result, individual churches often resist simple chronological classification, since early foundations frequently survive primarily in later medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque form.

Churches in italics have no structural remains.

Tituli

Pope Marcellus I (A.D. 306–308) is said to have recognized twenty five tituli in the City of Rome, quasi dioecesis.^[1] It is known that in 336, Pope Julius I had set the number of presbyter cardinals to 28,^[2] so that for each day of the week, a different presbyter cardinal would say mass in one of the four major basilicas of Rome, St. Peter's, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and Basilica of St. John Lateran.^[3] In Stephan Kuttner's view, "...the Roman cardinal priests and bishops were 'incardinated' for permanent (though limited) purposes into the patriarchal basilicas while remaining bound nonetheless to the churches of their original ordination."^[4]

Only the tituli were allowed to distribute sacraments.^{[dubious – discuss]} The most important priest in a titulus was given the name of Cardinal.^[5] Pope Marcellus I (at the beginning of the 4th century) confirmed that the tituli were the only centres of administration in the Church. In AD 499, a synod held by Pope Symmachus listed all the presbyters participating, as well as the tituli who were present at that time:^[6]

Titulus Aemilianae (Santi Quattro Coronati)
Titulus Anastasiae (Santa Anastasia)
Titulus SS Apostolorum (Santi Apostoli)
Titulus Byzantis or Vizantis (unknown, perhaps "Titulus Pammachii")
Titulus S Caeciliae (Santa Cecilia in Trastevere)
Titulus Clementis (San Clemente)
Titulus Crescentianae (San Sisto Vecchio)
Titulus Crysogoni (San Crisogono)
Titulus Cyriaci (Uncertain; theories include Santa Maria Antiqua and Santa Maria in Domnica)
Titulus Damasi (San Lorenzo in Damaso)
Titulus Equitii (San Martino ai Monti)
Titulus Eusebi (Sant'Eusebio)
Titulus Fasciolae (Santi Nereo e Achilleo)
Titulus Gaii (Santa Susanna)
Titulus Iulii (Santa Maria in Trastevere, identical with Titulus Callixti)
Titulus Lucinae (San Lorenzo in Lucina)
Titulus Marcelli (San Marcello al Corso)
Titulus Marci (San Marco)
Titulus Matthaei (in Via Merulana, destroyed in 1810)
Titulus Nicomedis (in Via Nomentana, destroyed)
Titulus Pammachii (Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Rome))
Titulus Praxedis (Santa Prassede)
Titulus Priscae (Santa Prisca)
Titulus Pudentis (Santa Pudenziana)
Titulus Romani (unknown, perhaps either Santa Maria Antiqua or Santa Maria in Domnica; whichever, the "Titulus Cyriaci" was not)
Titulus S Sabinae (Santa Sabina)
Titulus Tigridae (uncertain, perhaps Santa Balbina)
Titulus Vestinae (San Vitale)

"Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome"

In the time of Pope Alexander II (1061-1073) those priests who served at St. Peter's Basilica were referred to as the seven cardinals of S. Peter's: septem cardinalibus S. Petri.^[7] The four basilicas had no cardinal, since they were under the direct supervision of the Pope. The Basilica of St. John Lateran was also the seat of the bishop of Rome.^[8] Traditionally, pilgrims were expected to visit all four basilicas, and San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, and San Sebastiano fuori le mura which constituted the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. In the Great Jubilee in 2000, the seventh church was instead Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore as appointed by Pope John Paul II.

Churches by rione

R. I Monti

R. II Trevi

R. IV Campo Marzio

R. VII Regola

R. X Campitelli

R. XIII Trastevere

R. XVI Ludovisi

R. XVII Sallustiano

R. XX Testaccio

Chapel of the Protestant Cemetery
Santa Maria della Divina Provvidenza a Testaccio [it]
Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

R. XXI San Saba

R. XXII Prati

Churches by quartieri

Q. I Flaminio

Q. II Parioli

Q. III Pinciano

Q. IV Salario

Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani

Q. V Nomentano

Q. VI Tiburtino

Q. VII Prenestino-Labicano

Q. VIII Tuscolano

Q. IX Appio-Latino

Q. X Ostiense

Q. XI Portuense

Q. XIII Aurelio

Q. XIV Trionfale

Q. XV Della Vittoria

Q. XVI Monte Sacro

Q. XVII Trieste

Q. XVIII Tor di Quinto

Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Q. XIX Prenestino-Centocelle

Q. XXI Pietralata

Q. XXII Collatino

Q. XXIII Alessandrino

Q. XXIV Don Bosco

Q. XXV Appio Claudio

Q. XXVI Appio-Pignatelli

San Tarcisio [it]

Q. XXVII Primavalle

Q. XXVIII Monte Sacro Alto

Q. XXIX Ponte Mammolo

Q. XXX San Basilio

Chiesa di San Basilio [it]
Chiesa di San Cleto [it]

Q. XXXI Giuliano-Dalmata

Q. XXXII Europa

Q. XXXIII Lido di Ostia Ponente

Q. XXXIV Lido di Ostia Levante

Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Ostia Lido

Q. XXXV Lido di Castel Fusano

None

Churches in the suburban zones

Churches in Vatican City

References

Citations

↑ Loomis, Louise Ropes (1916). The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis) I, to the Pontificate of Gregory I. Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 38. "...quasi dioecesis, propter baptismum et paenitentiam multorum qui convertebantur ex paganis et propter sepulturas martyrum ('like a diocese, for the sake of baptism and penance of many who were being converted from paganism and for the sake of burials of martyrs')." Mommsen, Theodor (1898). Gestorum pontificum romanorum. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Berlin: Apud Weidmannos. p. 43.
↑ "Rome of the Emperors, Rome of the Popes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021.
↑ Kuttner, pp. 148-149, attributes the change from 25 to 28 to the eighth century, following Klewitz, pp. 120, 151, 156-157.
↑ Kuttner, p. 150.
↑ The title 'cardinal', however, is not attested in authentic papal documents until the reign of Pope Stephen III (768-772): Kuttner, p. 149.
↑ Bryan (28 April 2017). "E02744: The decrees (in Latin) of a synod". Figshare. doi:10.25446/oxford.13826261.v1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
↑ Kuttner, p. 152.
↑ "Rome Churches: Basilicas, Temples and Holy Places". www.romesightseeing.net. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

Sources

Andaloro, Maria; Romano, Serena, eds. (2007–2012). La pittura medievale a Roma: 312-1431. Corpus (in Italian). Milan: Jaca Book. ISBN 978-2-503-52525-9.
Armellini, Mariano (1942). Cecchelli, Carlo; Venturi, Pietro Tacchi (eds.). Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX (in Italian). Rome: Edizione R. O. R. E. di N. Ruffolo. For the 1891 public-domain edition, see: Armellini, Mariano (1891). Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX (in Italian). Rome: Tipografia Vaticana.
Cabrol, Fernand; Leclerq, Henri, eds. (1907–1953). Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie (in French). Paris: Letouzey et Ané.
Hülsen, Christian (1927). Le chiese di Roma nel medio evo, cataloghi ed appunti (in Italian). Florence: L. S. Olschki.
H. W. Klewitz, "Die Entstehung des Kardinalskollegiums," Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonische Abteilung 25 (1936), 115–221.
Krautheimer, Richard (1937–1977). Corpus basilicarum christianarum Romae: The early Christian basilicas of Rome (VI-XI cent.). Vatican City: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana.
Lombardi, Ferruccio (1996). Roma: le chiese scomparse: la memoria storica della città (in Italian). Rome: Palombi.
Kuttner, Stephan (1945). "Cardinalis: The History of a Canonical Concept". Traditio. 3: 129–214. doi:10.1017/S0362152900016883. JSTOR 27830076.
Titi, Filippo (1966). Honour, Hugh (ed.). Descrizione della pitture, sculture e architettura esposte al pubblico in Roma (in Italian) (6 ed.). Florence: Nella Stamperia di M. Pagliarini.

External links

Thayer's Churches of Rome, including the books by Christian Huelsen, Mariano Armellini, and Filippo Titi
Clarke's Churches of Rome
Map of titular churches Archived 10 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Loomis, Louise Ropes (1916). The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis) I, to the Pontificate of Gregory I. Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 38. "...quasi dioecesis, propter baptismum et paenitentiam multorum qui convertebantur ex paganis et propter sepulturas martyrum ('like a diocese, for the sake of baptism and penance of many who were being converted from paganism and for the sake of burials of martyrs')." Mommsen, Theodor (1898). Gestorum pontificum romanorum. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Berlin: Apud Weidmannos. p. 43.

[2] "Rome of the Emperors, Rome of the Popes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021.

[3] Kuttner, pp. 148-149, attributes the change from 25 to 28 to the eighth century, following Klewitz, pp. 120, 151, 156-157.

[4] Kuttner, p. 150.

[5] The title 'cardinal', however, is not attested in authentic papal documents until the reign of Pope Stephen III (768-772): Kuttner, p. 149.

[6] Bryan (28 April 2017). "E02744: The decrees (in Latin) of a synod". Figshare. doi:10.25446/oxford.13826261.v1. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[7] Kuttner, p. 152.

[8] "Rome Churches: Basilicas, Temples and Holy Places". www.romesightseeing.net. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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Minor	S. Agnese fuori le mura S. Agostino S. Anastasia al Palatino S. Andrea delle Fratte S. Andrea della Valle S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana S. Apollinare alle Terme Ss. Apostoli S. Balbina S. Bartolomeo all'Isola Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio S. Camillo de Lellis S. Carlo al Corso S. Cecilia in Trastevere Ss. Celso e Giuliano S. Clemente Ss. Cosma e Damiano S. Crisogono S. Croce in Via Flaminia S. Croce in Gerusalemme S. Eugenio S. Eustachio S. Francesca Romana S. Giovanni a Porta Latina S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini Ss. Giovanni e Paolo S. Giuseppe al Trionfale S. Lorenzo fuori le mura S. Lorenzo in Damaso S. Lorenzo in Lucina S. Marco S. Maria Ausiliatrice S. Maria degli Angeli S. Maria della Vittoria S. Maria del Popolo S. Maria in Aracoeli S. Maria in Cosmedin S. Maria in Domnica S. Maria in Trastevere S. Maria in Via S. Maria in Via Lata S. Maria sopra Minerva S. Martino ai Monti Ss. Nereo e Achilleo S. Nicola in Carcere S. Pancrazio Pantheon S. Pietro in Vincoli S. Prassede S. Pudenziana Ss. Quattro Coronati S. Saba S. Sabina Sacro Cuore di Maria Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio S. Sebastiano fuori le mura S. Silvestro in Capite S. Sisto Vecchio S. Sofia a Via Boccea S. Stefano Rotondo S. Teresa S. Vitale
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