San Silvestro in Capite

San Silvestro in Capite (Latin: Sancti Silvestri in Capite ) is a church in Rome and titular church of the Roman Catholic Church. It was built in the 8th century ancient building remains, her atrial contains a variety of ancient and medieval spoils. She is the National Church of the English Catholics and managed by Pallotines.

• 6.1 High Altar
• 6.2 Chapel of St. John
• 6.3 crypt

Location

The church is located in the III. Roman rione Colonna, at the same Piazza San Silvestro in Capite about 200 meters northeast of the Piazza Colonna.

Architectural History

The first church was built in the 8th century under Pope Stephen III. built on the ruins of a Roman temple, this was dedicated to the god Sol. There was a Romanesque building, dates from this period of the Campanile. Domenico de Rossi finally gave the church its present form from 1690.

Basic structure

The building has a single nave, the nave opens in side chapels. Located in Piazza facade is not the facade of the church, but leads into a courtyard, the portal and the actual facade of the church itself are behind the courtyard. The church has a campanile and a crypt

Appearance

The façade, which is actually part of leading the church gatehouse was executed by Domenico de Rossi after 1700. The left and right of the portal the show walls are broken down by corner pilasters with Ionic capitals. The marble relief above the entrance is modeled on the cloth of Saint Veronica the "imprint" of Jesus Christ. The leading portal for the church itself is simply designed, three arcades open over ornate pilasters with square pillars, above is a simple story - which the pilasters of the portico - continues with windows and a simple pediment. The Campanile is designed with several levels typical of the Romanesque double windows.

Patio

The special feature of the courtyard are the numerous walled spoils. The historical range extends from antiquity to the 18th century, and includes a wide range of topics and presentations.

Medieval festival calendar those saints whose relics are venerated in the Church

Ancient Roman grave stone

Grave stone of Cardinal Francesco Carrara, † 1793

Grave stone of a Maurizio Mauro, † 1661

Ancient Roman grave stone of Eutychus

Part of a Roman sarcophagus

Various spolia, walled up in the gatehouse

Affairs

The church has a single nave, between the arcade arches of the nave open the side chapels. The church is, according to the taste of the reconstruction in the Baroque, decorated with rich use of gold leaf and stucco. The pillars to the side chapels are back decorated with pilasters, the nave arches over a barrel vault. The apse like the chorus room are decorated with frescoes.

Interior decoration

High altar

The high altar was created by Carlo Rainaldi.

Chapel of St. John

The nickname in Capite owes the Church a precious relic: it should be at the head of John the Baptist, which is kept here. The chapel is the first on the left.

Crypt

In the crypt of the church remains of previous buildings from different centuries are visible.

Others

The two columns under the organ loft are from the early Christian period.

The adjacent monastery of the SAC in 1877 rebuilt the main building of the Italian Post.