Palazzo San Callisto

The Palazzo di San Callisto is a baroque palace in the Trastevere district of Rome and is part of the extraterritorial territory of the Holy See. The palace stands on the central square of the district, the Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere, and is adjacent to the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

In the courtyard of the palace is the fountain, where St. Callistus I should have suffered his martyrdom.

History

The palace was originally the seat of Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere and was renovated in the 16th century by Cardinal Morone. Paul V. transformed the palace into a house owned by the church of San Callisto monastery, which he gave to the Benedictines, who had to move here because of the expansion of the Quirinal. The monastery took the name of the adjacent small church and kept it until today. 1610 - 1618 as both a church Monastery of Orazio Torrigiani were renewed. Its facade still dominates the Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere. The wing to the Piazza San Callisto was rebuilt in 1936 by Giuseppe Momo.

According to the Lateran Treaty, signed in 1929, the entire palace area belongs to the Holy See.

Use

Palazzo di San Callisto following facilities are housed today:

• Pontifical Council for the Laity
• Pontifical Council for the Family
• Caritas Internationalis
• Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
• And a number of other Catholic organizations that are part of or connected directly to the Holy See.