Church of Domine Quo Vadis

Santa Maria in Palmis (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis also include Church of Santa Maria delle Piante )? , Better known under the name Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church in the south of Rome in the XI. Municipality Appia Antica. It is located at the junction of the Via Appia Antica and Via Ardeatina about 800 meters from the Porta San Sebastiano.

The church now belongs to the Congregation of the Holy Archangel Michael.

History

The church was built in the 9th century at the point of fleeing from Rome Peter met at the According to the apocryphal Acts of Peter ( Acts of Peter ) to Christ. The apostles asked Jesus where he was going ( Domine, quo vadis? ). He replied with " Eo Romam iterum crucifigi " ( I am going to Rome to be crucified me again ). Then Peter came to shame back to Rome to suffer martyrdom.

1637 was Cardinal Francesco Barberini rebuild the chapel in today's baroque form.

This place on the Appian Way was, according to Roman tradition, the place where a soldier Hannibal in the Second Punic War had approached nearest to the city of Rome.

Building and interior

The nave church was built in the 9th century and remodeled completely in 1637 on behalf of Francesco Barberini. Inside the church a copy of a stone is located near the main entrance (Original in San Sebastiano Catacombs all ) with footprints after the date of the Legend of Jesus Christ. Hence the name in palmis from the Latin plama for root surface, as well as models piante, which has the same meaning in Italian. In fact, it is in the stone a votive tablet for a happy return, probably from the temple of Redicolo Dio (God of return) comes from, who stood near the church.

In the church there is a monument to Henryk Sienkiewicz, the author of the novel Quo Vadis.

Representation of the crucifixion of Peter

Henryk Sienkiewicz monument