Santa Lucia in Selci

Santa Lucia in Selci, formerly of Santa Lucia in Orphea, is a church in Rome. It is located on the Esquiline Hill in Rome Monti district. It took its name from its location on the paved (Italian = selciato ) Via Labicana.

The church and the adjoining monastery was founded by Pope Symmachus beginning of the 6th century and was built over the remains of an ancient building. This was presumably the portico Liviae whose arcs can be read even in the facade of the monastery, but at present are largely concealed. The portico Liviae lay along the clivus Suburanus, corresponding to the present Via in Selci here.

The monastery came in the 16th century to the Augustinian hermits. On the initiative of Sixtus V., the church was restored in 1596 fundamentally by Carlo Maderno. After the death of Maderno 1629 Antonio casone enlarged the monastery. 1637 took over the nephew Francesco Borromini Maderno's construction management. The Cappella Landi goes, as one of his first independent works, back to him. The altarpiece of the Holy Trinity was painted by Giuseppe Cesari. The painting of the martyrdom of Saint Lucia, Giovanni Lanfranco.