query: who designed the facade of st peter 's in rome

pos: St. Peter's Basilica employed. The following year, the façade was begun, in December 1614 the final touches were added to the stucco decoration of the vault and early in 1615 the partition wall between the two sections was pulled down. All the rubble was carted away, and the nave was ready for use by Palm Sunday. The facade designed by Maderno, is wide and high and is built of travertine stone, with a giant order of Corinthian columns and a central pediment rising in front of a tall attic surmounted by thirteen statues: Christ flanked by eleven of the Apostles (except Saint Peter,

pos: Churches and convents of Goa huge towers of five floors, and the domestic side was a single nave with side chapels and transept. In 1639, religious of the Theatines reached Goa to found a convent. They built the St. Cajetan Church by 1665, dedicated to St. Cajetan and to Our Lady of Providence, designed by the Italian architects Carlo Ferrarini and Francesco Maria Milazzo with the plan in the form of a Greek cross. The facade mimics the facade designed by Carlo Maderno for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. It’s crowned with a huge hemispherical dome, on the pattern of the Roman Basilica of St.

pos: St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding

pos: Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków of Poland, the place of worship served as an Orthodox church. Since 1842 until now, it belongs to the Roman Catholic All Saints parish. In 1960 the church was raised to the rank of the Smaller Basilica. The facade of Saints Peter and Paul Basilica was constructed with dolomite. It resembles that of the Church of Santa Susanna in Rome by Carlo Maderno, but also, it contains similarities with the facade of the main Jesuit church of Il Gesù. In its niches are statues of Jesuit saints: Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Stanisław Kostka made by Dawid

pos: St. Peter's Basilica Julii". (See below for some descriptions of tombs). Recently installed commemorative plaques read as follows: List of archpriests of the Vatican Basilica: St. Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral

pos: Galasso Alghisi of a palace resembling Palace of Raphael in Rome; the construction by Michelangelo in St Peter's including his putative design without Carlo Maderno's facade and showing the adjacent Vatican palace at the time (the obelisk in the position not reached till the 1580s); House by Bramante in Rome; San Giovanni Laterano with adjacent Lateran Palace; Facade, cross section, and courtyard of Palazzo Farnese with Farnese Hercules; Senate house on Capitoline Hill; a reconstruction of the Theater of Marcellus; Ponte sant angelo and Castel sant Angelo before decoration; the ruins of the Colloseum and sites of the Roman Forum. Galasso Alghisi

pos: St. Peter's Basilica employed. The following year, the façade was begun, in December 1614 the final touches were added to the stucco decoration of the vault and early in 1615 the partition wall between the two sections was pulled down. All the rubble was carted away, and the nave was ready for use by Palm Sunday. The facade designed by Maderno, is wide and high and is built of travertine stone, with a giant order of Corinthian columns and a central pediment rising in front of a tall attic surmounted by thirteen statues: Christ flanked by eleven of the Apostles (except Saint Peter,

neg: Paris in the 17th century the Church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais (1616-1620) The style of the three superimposed orders appeared again in the Eglise Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, the new Jesuit church in Paris, designed by the Jesuit architects Etienne Martellange and François Derand. Another type of church facade appeared in the same period, imitating the church of the Jesuits in Rome built in 1568. This facade had two levels; the lower level was the height of the chapels, while the upper level featured a high "fronton" above the doors. The two levels were connected with s-shaped "volutes" and "consoles," and the whole facade was covered with niches and other

neg: San Giuseppe dei Falegnami San Giuseppe dei Falegnami San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (Italian, "St. Joseph of the Carpenters") is a Roman Catholic church, located in the Forum in Rome, Italy. In 1540, the Congregation of the Carpenters had leased the former church of "San Pietro in Carcere" which was located over the Mamertine Prison, which by legend had held Saint Peter and Saint Paul. By 1597 work began on the new church, dedicated to the patron saint of Carpenters, St. Joseph. The initial architect was Giacomo della Porta. Work continued after 1602 under the direction of Giovanni Battista Montano, who designed the facade, and

neg: Baroque when it was lavishly ornamented. In Rome in 1605, Paul V became the first of series of popes who commissioned basilicas and church buildings designed to inspire emotion and awe through a proliferation of forms, and a richness of colors and dramatic effects. Among the most influential monuments of the Early Baroque were the facade of St. Peter's Basilica (1606–1619), and the new nave and loggia which connected the facade to Michelangelo's dome in the earlier church. The new design created a dramatic contrast between the soaring dome and the disproportionately wide facade, and the contrast on the facade itself

neg: Oudenbosch Basilica Oudenbosch Basilica The Oudenbosch Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Dutch village of Oudenbosch. The basilica is named after third century catholic women who were killed because of their faith, Agatha of Sicily and Saint Barbara. It was built under the initiative of father Willem Hellemons who was parish priest between 1842 and 1884. Its nave and interior were modeled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome; while the facade is a replica of the Basilica of St. John Lateran also in Rome. The Basilica was designed by architect Dr. P. Cuypers. Construction began in 1865 but was not

neg: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis Pope Leo XIII officially transferred the seat of the diocese to Indianapolis. At that time Bishop Chatard proceeded with plans to raise fund to build a new cathedral. Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral was built between 1905 and 1907 with a temporary facade. James Renwick Jr.'s architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall and Russell, W. L. Coulter of New York designed the Classical Revival-style cathedral, rectory, and adjacent chapel. It is believed the design for the cathedral is modeled after Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. William Whetten Renwick, nephew of American architect James Renwick Jr., assumed sole responsibility for the

neg: San Pedro Apostol Church (Apalit) On July 22, 2017, the holy relic of St. Peter was enthroned in the Parish. The holy relic is a fragment of the bones of the remains of St. Peter. This is the only church that has the relic of St. Peter other than St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Apalit Church measures 59 meters long and 14 meters wide. The facade resembles Neo-Renaissance Style with its plain, low segmental pediment and the symmetrical alignment of 2 flanking towers. The semi-circular main door with a circular window above is framed by receding semicircular arches in relief. The ceiling art paintings, also

neg: Chair of Saint Peter Chair of Saint Peter The Chair of Saint Peter (), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the sovereign enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first Pope, used as Bishop of Rome. The relic is enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed between 1647 and 1653. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI described the chair as "a symbol of

neg: Chair of Saint Peter Feast. Chair of Saint Peter The Chair of Saint Peter (), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the sovereign enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first Pope, used as Bishop of Rome. The relic is enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed between 1647 and 1653. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI described the chair as "a symbol

neg: Frederick Hart (sculptor) in stone carving. His 1969 work titled, "Family" expressed his feelings about Chesley's premature death at age 16. Within five years, he achieved the title of stone carver. In 1975 Hart won the design competition for an ensemble of sculptures dramatizing the creation story for the facade of the cathedral. The central tympanum, titled "Ex Nihilo", or "Out of Nothing", represents human figures emerging out of chaos. Hart also designed the two flanking tympana for the facade, "Creation of Day" and "Creation of Night", and statues of St. Paul, St. Peter, and Adam. Hart was the sculptor of the statue

neg: St Peter-in-the-East two hides in Haliwelle...It was worth twenty shillings, now it is worth forty..." The church is believed to be named after the 5th-century church of S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy. In the early 12th century, the church was renamed to differentiate it from the Church of St Peter-le-Bailey, which was built close to Oxford Castle. It was renamed St-Peter-in-the-East because of its location near the East Gate of the walled city of Oxford. The Norman parts of the current church were built around 1140 by Robert D'Oilly, who was then Governor of Oxford. The church passed to the Crown

neg: St George's Church, Worcester the 'residence' that covered Warwickshire and Worcestershire, St George's. The church was opened on 16 July 1829 by, the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, Bishop Thomas Walsh and was designed by Henry Rowe. Later that century, in 1880 the church was extended and the facade was heightened seven years later, to the designs of S. J. Nicoll, who also designed the interior of the Jesuit staffed Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Liverpool. Behind the altar is a large-scale copy of Raphael's Transfiguration. The original is significant to the city of Worcester because it was commissioned by Cardinal Giulio

neg: Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Indianapolis) funds. Bishop Joseph Ritter arranged for completion of the cathedral in 1936, when the permanent facade was erected. Major renovations and additions, including those made in 1915, 1936, and 1985, have altered the appearance of the cathedral's interior. The architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall and Russell, W. L. Coulter of New York designed the Classical Revival-style cathedral, rectory, and adjacent chapel. It is believed that the cathedral is patterned after Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. (Bishop Chatard was ordained a priest at Saint John Lateran, which holds relics of Saints Peter and Paul.) The original plan for the cathedral

neg: Churches and convents of Goa Peter. However, instead of two cupolas it exhibits two quadrangular towers. The church exhibits superb examples of Corinthian architecture. Four basalt statues of St. Paul, St. Peter, St. John the evangelist and St. Matthew are located in niches in the facade that also inscribes the words, "Domus mea, domus oration/s" meaning, "My House is a House of Prayer" (etched across the portal). The UNESCO Bureau was informed that the World Heritage Center undertook a mission to Goa in January 1999 to develop a project proposal based on co-operation between the local authorities of Old Goa (India), Guimaraes (Portugal) and Brighton

neg: St. Peter the Apostle Church of a similarly famous accomplished father of the same name designed the church in the Greek revival style with imposing granite pillars gracing the facade of the building. Its appearance is similar to the now landmark Lloyd Street Synagogue off East Baltimore Street, also designed by Long, a year later for the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in the Jonestown/Old Town neighborhood of East Baltimore, across the Jones Falls. Among others, Long also designed the third church for Old St. Paul's (1814-1817) which burned in 1854. and the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church (1847) at Cathedral and West Franklin Streets The design was

neg: Liberation of Saint Peter The relic of the Chains of St. Peter were kept in Jerusalem, where they were venerated by Christian pilgrims. In the fourth century, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, St. Juvenal, presented them to Eudocia, wife of Emperor Theodosius the Younger, and she took them to Constantinople. Later, Eudocia sent a portion of the chains to Rome with her daughter Licinia Eudoxia, the wife of Valentinian III. Licinia Eudoxia built the church of S. Petrus ad Vincula on the Esquiline Hill to house the relic. Also in Rome was the relic of the chains with which Peter was bound when he was

neg: Pontiac Building Pontiac Building The Pontiac Building is a historic high-rise building located at 542 S. Dearborn St. in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1891, the building is the oldest surviving work in downtown Chicago designed by the architecture firm Holabird & Roche. The fourteen-story building represents the Chicago school of architecture and is designed as a steel frame covered in brick. The building's Dearborn Street facade features three tiers of bay windows, while the facade on Federal Street features one tier of bay windows flanked by two tiers of flat windows; while the outer two tiers on

neg: St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex (Auburn, New York) spire highlighting an asymmetrically arranged facade. A large rose window is centered within the gable field of the nave. The Parish House is a -story, H-shaped structure competed c.1930 and designed by William J. Beardsley in the late Gothic Revival style. The earliest burials date to about 1812, when the first Church of St. Peter occupied this site. The burial plot includes the remains of Enos T. Throop (1784–1874), Governor of New York from 1829 to 1833. The parish is now known as the Saints Peter and John Episcopal Church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

neg: San Pietro in Valle, Fano death in 1613. The church was consecrated in 1617. The facade remain incomplete, although the interior is rich in decoration. The dome was built (1696) atop an octagonal tiburium by Girolamo Caccia, and decorated on the interior by Lauro Buonaguardia in 1699-1700. The stucco-work (1619) was completed by Pietro Solari, while the frescoes were painted (1618-1620) by Antonio Viviani of Urbino, who painted "Meeting of St Peter and Paul", "Crucifixion of St Peter", "Glory of St Peter", "St Peter lies about Jesus", "Fall of Simon Magus","Christ walks on Water", "Quo Vadis", and "Embarcation of St Paul in Malta". Some of

neg: Nantes Cathedral The facade of the Cathedral of Nantes is dominated by two large towers, stretching up above the top terrace. It presents several remarkable characteristics, e.g., (1) the presence of an external pulpit, designed to preach to the crowd assembled on the square, and (2) the presence of five richly decorated gates, three of them on the façade and two to the sides (see Ground plan, positions 1 - Main Gate, 2 - Gate of St. Paul, 3 - Gate of St. Yves, 32 - Gate of St. Donatien and St. Rogatien and 33 - Gate of St. Peter). The plain

neg: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle, Eger the nave and chancel to the east is the transept. The dome of the cathedral is lavishly decorated and a height of 40 meters. In chorus are the two bell towers. The portal on the eastern porch is designed like a Greek temple. The monumental entrance is decorated with statues of saints: St. Stephen, St. Ladislaus, and Saints Peter and Paul. The facade is supported by Corinthian columns that reaches a height of 17 meters. Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle, Eger The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle or more formally Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St. John

neg: RMIT Building 8 8 also shares a similar aesthetic to other buildings Peter Corrigan has designed, such as his Athan House as well as the Victorian College of the Arts While Building 8's front facing facade opens out into Swanston Street, its rear entrance connects it to Bowen Street, the primary thoroughfare running through the campus. Its rear facade is similarly decorated as well, a concrete face interspersed by coloured windows, and protrusions consisting of several windows and a service core. On the interior, the building shares much of the aesthetic that comprises its exterior, eschewing a traditional rectangular plan in favour of

neg: Harry S Truman Building with Art Moderne elements. The steel-framed building is clad in limestone and rises eight stories above the basement and sub-basement. Because it was designed to be expanded at a later date, it was deliberately asymmetrical. A central spine connects a U-shaped configuration to the east with an E-shaped configuration to the west. The east entrance is inspired by the main building of the Sapienza University of Rome campus, designed by italian architect Marcello Piacentini and completed in 1935. The horizontal delineations of the facade reflect the classical precedents of the architectural style. Cornices and pink granite string courses create a

neg: Faith Mission (Santa Barbara, California) original facade intact. Faith Mission (Santa Barbara, California) The Hotel Savoy, at 409 State St. in Santa Barbara, California, was built in 1889 as Faith Mission. It was designed by architect Peter J. Barber in Stick/Eastlake and Italianate architectural styles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has served as a religious structure and as a hotel, and was listed for its architecture. It was deemed notable because of its "elaborate stamped metal facade decorations", unique in southern Santa Barbara County, and as it is possibly the last 19th-century commercial building in Santa Barbara

neg: St. Peter's Basilica including Michelangelo's "Pietà". The central feature is a baldachin, or canopy over the Papal Altar, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sanctuary culminates in a sculptural ensemble, also by Bernini, and containing the symbolic "Chair of Saint Peter". One observer wrote: "St Peter's Basilica is the reason why Rome is still the center of the civilized world. For religious, historical, and architectural reasons it by itself justifies a journey to Rome, and its interior offers a palimpsest of artistic styles at their best ..." The American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson described St. Peter's as "an ornament of the earth ...

neg: Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius 700 Vilniusites from the Antakalnis hills. The construction was finished in 1616, and the interior design completed in 1618. The Church of St. Casimir is one of the earliest exemplary Baroque buildings in the city. Its spatial composition and facade were designed along the line of the famous Il Gesù church in Rome. The shape of the building was modeled after the churches in Kraków and Lublin, with additional towers. The author of the design was Jan Frankiewicz, a pupil of architect Giovanni Maria Bernardoni. In the middle of the 18th century the church was reconstructed by architect Thomas Zebrowski.

neg: Peter Pevensie if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours? This is not allegory at all." While not allegorical, Narnia does present significant parallels with elements from Christianity. There are similarities between Peter Pevensie and St. Peter, who was one of Jesus's original twelve disciples. Like St. Peter, who was given that name from Christ, Peter Pevensie is given the name Sir Peter Wolfsbane by Aslan. As the traditional first Bishop of Rome, St. Peter and his successors, are "primus inter

neg: Esther Newport portrayal of religious subjects; several of her paintings are of Catholic nuns. A two-story bas relief, designed by Newport and executed by Adolph Walter, adorns the facade of the Rooney Memorial Library at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. During her lifetime, Newport exhibited works across the United States, including in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Students League of New York, and in Rome. She was a three-time winner of the Peter Reilly Award at the Hoosier Salon in 1937, 1939 and 1943. In 1974 Newport received first prize in needlework at the International Needlework Show in Chicago. Esther Newport

neg: Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo concave levels were designed in 1712 by the Jesuit architect and painter Andrea Pozzo. Only the lower half of the facade was partially complete with brick. Nearly all the stone except for the portal (1715), in pietra serena, remains rough. The interior houses main altar dedicated to "Saints Peter and Paul" by Andrea Pozzo. It holds two altarpieces: a "Visitation" (1631) by Matteo Rosselli and a "Glory of St Joseph" (1668-1670) by Onorio Marinari. Other works include a "St Carlo Borromeo visits those afflicted with plague" (1661) and a "Martyrdom of St Lucy" (1665) by Giacinto Gimignani; a "Martyrdom of

neg: Peter the Athonite Peter the Athonite Peter the Athonite (d. before 883) is reputed to have been the first hermit to settle upon the Mount Athos. Peter is known to history primarily through unattributable legend. It is recorded that Peter was once a soldier who, through the miraculous aid of St. Nicholas and St. Simeon the Righteous, was freed from a Muslim military prison. From prison St. Peter traveled to Rome to fulfill a promise to God that he would take the monastic habit. It is held that Peter received his habit from the Pope himself who also formed the saint in monastic

neg: Francesco Vanni of painting. He was named a Cavalieri. In Rome, he worked later with Salimbeni, Bartolomeo Passerotti, and Andrea Lilio. He was commissioned by Pope Clement VIII to paint an altarpiece for the St. Peter's, later transferred to mosaic, "Simon Magus rebuked by St. Peter". He painted several other pictures for Roman churches; including "St Michael defeats rebel angels" for the sacristy of S. Gregorio; a "Pietà" for Santa Maria in Vallicella; and the "Assumption" for San Lorenzo in Miranda. Returning to Siena, where he ultimately died, he afterwards worked at Parma, Bologna, and again at Rome. At Siena, he painted

neg: History of the East–West Schism the name Pseudo-Isidore. The Orthodox East contests the teaching that Peter was the Patriarch of Rome as St. Irenaeus says that Pope Linus was the first bishop of Rome and Pope Cletus the second. It is generally conceded that St. Peter was bishop of Antioch who was then succeeded by Evodius and Ignatius. The Eastern Orthodox do not hold the primacy of the Pope of Rome over the Eastern church; they teach that the Pope of Rome is the first among equals. The Seven Ecumenical Councils were held in the East and called by the Eastern Emperors, Roman pontiffs never

neg: Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Indianapolis) and cathedral, and also designed some of the interior furnishings. August Bohlen supervised construction of the permanent facade. The Saints Peter and Paul Parish dates to 1892, when Silas Chatard, fifth Bishop of Vincennes, formally established the new parish in a residential neighborhood north of downtown Indianapolis. In the early 1870s Bishop Jacques Maurice de St. Palais considered Indianapolis as the new seat of the Diocese of Vincennes, but deferred the decision to Bishop Chatard, his successor. Immediately after Chatard's consecration as Bishop of Vincennes on May 12, 1878, he established his residence in Indianapolis at Saint John the Evangelist

neg: Santa Teresa, Rome with Cardinal Giovanni Panico as its first titular cardinal. Teresa of Avila is depicted on the church's facade, being blessed by Christ, and on the high-altarpiece. The interior is decorated with works by 20th-century Roman artists. Santa Teresa, Rome Santa Teresa d'Avila is a church on the Corso d'Italia in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Teresa of Avila. It was founded by Cardinal Girolamo Gotti in 1901, designed in a Romanesque-Gothic hybrid style by Tullio Passarelli. In 1906 Pope Pius X made it a parish church and granted it to the Discalced Carmelites, who still have a generalate by

neg: Bastard brothers which by the 1730s had already passed from its brief period of high fashion in England. The pediment appears heavy and lacks support from the pilasters which more urbane architects would have placed at either end of the facade. The Town Hall, designed to provide a central feature to a row of houses, is typical of the work of the Bastard brothers, from which they were to make their fortune. They became entrepreneurs and local politicians. Other works by the Bastards in the town include the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built between 1733 and 1739; the market

neg: French Baroque architecture Competitions for new church designs, particularly the Prix de Rome and the competition for the enlarging of Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Eustache in Paris, brought forward many original ideas. The first French church facade in the new baroque style was for the church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais (1616) by Salomon de Brosse. It featured, like Church of the Jesu in Rome, a facade with the three orders of columns, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, arranged in stages one above the other. Another variant of the new style appeared in the main Jesuit church in Paris, the Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, inspired by the Jesuit Church of

neg: Giacomo Laderchi other historical -hagiographical- works, two of which involved him in heated literary controversies. His voluminous "Life of St. Peter Damian" (Vita Sancti Petri Damiani, Rome, 1702) was mercilessly but excessively criticized in an anonymous work entitled: "Sejani et Rufini dialogus de Laderchiana historia S. Petri Damiani" (Paris, 1705). When he published his edition of the "Acts of the martyrdom of St. Crescus and companions" (Acta passionis SS. Cresci et sociorum martyrum, Florence, 1707), the Servite G. Caspassi attacked their authenticity and trustworthiness in a letter to the Roman scholar Fontanini. The letter fell into the hands of Laderchi, who published

neg: Majestic Theatre (East St. Louis, Illinois) Majestic Theatre (East St. Louis, Illinois) The Majestic Theatre is a historic movie theater located at 240–246 Collinsville Ave. in East St. Louis, Illinois. Built in 1928, the theater replaced a 1907 theater which had burned down. The Spanish Gothic theater was designed by the Boller Brothers, who were nationally prominent theater architects. Multicolored tiles decorate the building's front facade, forming patterned mosaics. The front facade also features piers with decorative peaks and tall arched windows. The theater attracted numerous celebrities to its grand opening, and it represented several firsts among East St. Louis cinemas; it was the first in

neg: Santi Quaranta Martiri e San Pasquale Baylon, Rome But between 1744–1747, it was rebuilt by the architect Giuseppe Sardi by an order of Franciscans linked to St Peter of Alcantara, and they also dedicated the church to the Spanish priest, Pasquale or Pascual Baylón, canonized in 1690, and invoked as the patron of young unmarried women (zitelle), specially those in hope of marriage. The church was patronized by the Kingdom of Spain starting in 1738 in the reign of Philip V of Spain, and continuing until the rule of Isabella II of Spain in 1856. The church is still maintained by the Spanish Alcantarine Franciscan order. The facade

neg: St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located at 122-142 S. Wyoming Street in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton. The St. Gabriel's complex consists of the church (1925), rectory (1907-1908), and former convent (1937). The church is a high French Gothic Revival steel frame building clad in pink granite ashlar with Indiana limestone trim. It features twin bell towers with triple entrance portals at the front facade. The rectory is a three-story, wood frame building in the Colonial Revival style. The convent was designed by architect

neg: Cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England 'benefits' ("beneficia") of the saints — relics of Peter the Apostle, Paul the Apostle, Lawrence, John and Paul, Gregory, and Pancras — to King Oswiu of Northumbria, also sending Oswiu's queen "a cross with a golden key, made from the holy fetters of the apostles St Peter and St Paul". These gifts likely reflected the Papal desire to link the burgeoning Anglo-Saxon Church with that in Rome. Many Anglo-Saxons were also eager to obtain further relics from Rome. Circa 761, Benedict Biscop, who founded monasteries at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, visited Rome and brought "holy relics of the blessed apostles and

neg: Tito Azzolini the bell-tower, 1890); the Castle of S. Martino sopra Zena, the church of San Marone a Porto Civitanova, the facade of the palazzo comunale of Vergato. He also designed the "fake" palace of the Savings Bank of Pistoia (he won the national competition in 1897). Azzolini followed the rules of the competition, which required work on a Palace in a renaissance style recalling the Florentine Quattrocento, and inspired by the Palazzo Strozzi. His submission for the Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, won only second prize. While he garnered the first prize for the monument to those Fallen during

neg: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis of Oscar and grandson of Diedrich Bohlen, supervised construction of the permanent facade, which was designed by Layton (Dick) DeMilt of the Bohlen architectural firm. The permanent facade was also modeled after Saint John Lateran in Rome. The original interior of cathedral was ornately decorated. Major renovations and additions made in 1915, 1936, and 1985 have altered its appearance. William Renwick designed the cathedral's original interior decorations, including three altars, doorway and arch decoration, metal ceiling, and frames for the Stations of the Cross. D. A. Bohlen and Son designed the original baptismal fonts and dark oak furnishings. In 1936

neg: Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius complex that occupies approximately . The churchyard is surrounded by a thick high brick wall that has four small octagonal chapels. The churchyard used to have a small cemetery, but it was demolished in the 19th century. The church is a 17th-century basilica with a traditional cross floor plan and a dome with a lantern allowing extra light into its white interior. However, the dome is lowered and is visible only from a distance. The exterior was copied from the parish church of Tarłów, built in 1645–55 and most likely designed by the same architect Jan Zaor. The facade is

neg: Georg Moller Among his major works in this capacity are St. Ludwig, the first Roman Catholic church building in Darmstadt since the Reformation — a building whose forms were inspired by the Pantheon in Rome — the former Landestheater, the Luisenplatz and the Masonic Lodge, what today is the "Moller-Haus". Furthermore, he designed the Staatstheater Mainz, which created a stir because of its semicircular facade, and the Stadtschloss Wiesbaden of the Dukes of Nassau, today the seat of the Landtag of Hesse. From 1843–1847 Moller was commissioned by Grand-Duke Ludwig II. to overview the restoration of Schloss Biedenkopf. Only two of Georg

neg: Tommaso Napoli the earlier villas of Palladio and Bernini's Piazza for St. Peter's in Rome. The three storeyed main facade of the villa has a concave bay at its centre, in which is set an external staircase leading to the piano nobile. The balustraded roof line is adorned by statuary. The "piece de resistance" of the villa however, is a large terrace and parterre, also designed by Napoli, overlooking the bay and Solunto, this is considered to be the finest view in Sicily. The Villa Palagonia, the larger and more complex of the two, has curved facades of two storeys. The piano

neg: First United Methodist Church (Hamburg, Arkansas) First United Methodist Church (Hamburg, Arkansas) The First United Methodist Church is a historic church building at 204 S. Main in Hamburg, Arkansas. The brick Gothic Revival building was built in 1910 for Hamburg's first organized congregation, founded in 1850, which had previously met in a wood frame building on the same site. It was designed by the Nolley Brothers, who owned a local brickyard, and was based on Gothic Revival designs that one of them had observed at the St. Louis World's Fair. The original building's main facade consisted of two towers, one higher than the other, flanking a

neg: Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Combe Martin St Peter ad Vincula (""St Peter in Chains""), after the basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. A large parish church for the size of the village owing to the time when silver was mined in the area, the church is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula (""St. Peter in Chains"") and is derived from the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Built with stone rubble with ashlar dressings and with a dressed stone façade to the south porch, the structure was constructed in the Early English style with 13th-century materials surviving in the south transept

neg: St Sebastian between St Roch and St Peter Andrea del Verrocchio's studio in Florence. He began to receive important commissions, whose success was noted by pope Sixtus IV, who summoned him to Rome. That same year, the Confraternity of Mary Magdalene ("confraternita della Maddalena") summoned him to Cerqueto, near Perugia, where he painted a cycle of frescoes - this is the only surviving fragment from the cycle. St Sebastian between St Roch and St Peter St Sebastian between St Roch and St Peter is a fragment of a fresco by Perugino, painted around 1478 in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cerqueto, Italy. It was his first

neg: Primacy of Peter the relationship between the bishop and the presbyters, not between the bishop of Rome and the other bishops who are all equally holding Peter's chair. As John Meyendorff explained: The notion that many Sees were ‘’of Peter’’ had also once been held in the West: Pope Gregory the Great Consequently, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox do not recognize the Bishop of Rome as the unique successor of St. Peter and consider him to be in a state of schism and heresy. However, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople sends a delegation each year to Rome to participate in the celebration of the

neg: Edoardo Collamarini in 1890 the design of the Doria chapel (1897-1902) at the Villa Pamphilj in Rome, with Romanesque and Cosmatesque elements. He also designed the Palace of the Banca Popolare di Pesaro, the facade of the Sanctuary of Monticino at Brisighella, the Pavilion of Emiliano-Romagnolo for the 1911 Artistic Exposition of Rome. He worked on the refurbishement of Santo Stefano (1911-1925). In 1925, he helped refurbish the church of San Giovanni Battista di Calamosco. Collamarini submitted a design for the facade of the Pescia Cathedral, however it was not adopted. In 1902, he also submitted a design for a campus plan

neg: French Baroque architecture the Gesù in Rome. Designed by the Jesuit architects Etienne Martellange and François Derand, had two levels, with the lower level at the height of the chapels, and an upper level, with a second order of columns, and a fronton over the portal of the church. The upper level was supported by consoles in an reversed S form. The surface of the facade was decorated with statues in niches, and with "renouncements". The interior plan was rectangual, with a large vaulted nave, flanked with chapels. The interiors of new parish churches, such as Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Louis-en-l'Île and Saint-Roch largely followed the

neg: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome the feast is directly after the Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul, who are the principal patron saints of Rome. The subsequent martyrs are associated with this patronage. The feast day was formerly occupied with a Commemoration of St. Paul, and fell in the Octave of SS Peter and Paul. First Martyrs of the Church of Rome The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome were Christians martyred in the city of Rome during Nero's persecution in 64. The event is recorded by both Tacitus and Pope Clement I, among others. They are celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church as

neg: Modern architecture heir to the glory and empire of ancient Rome. Mussolini's government was not as hostile to modernism as The Nazis; the spirit of Italian Rationalism of the 1920s continued, with the work of architect Giuseppe Terragni His "Casa dl Fascio" in Como, headquarters of the local Fascist party, was a perfectly modernist building, with geometric proportions (33.2 meters long by 16.6 meters high); a clean facade of marble, and a Renaissance-inspired interior courtyard. Opposed to Terragni was Marcello Piacitini, a proponent of monumental fascist architecture, who rebuilt the University of Rome, and designed the Italian pavilion at the 1937 Paris

neg: Domine quo vadis? be crucified again." The scene as catalogued in the apocryphal Acts of St. Peter, describes Peter who is fleeing Rome at the time of Emperor Nero's persecution. This encounter is reminiscent of Peter's denial, when Peter chose to deny Jesus three times during his passion and crucifixion. Apostle Peter realizes that he is on his way to making the same mistake all over again now, abandoning Jesus and his church in a moment of danger. Peter turns around when he understands that this was a sign, and returns to Rome to face the martyrdom. It was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro

neg: Santa Maria in Vallicella of the church and the brick built facade of the Casa. The Casa includes the Oratory designed by the Baroque architect, Francesco Borromini. Since the 1946 consistory of Pope Pius XII, the church has been used as a titular church. Santa Maria in Vallicella Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, a religious congregation of secular priests, founded by St Philip Neri in 1561 at

neg: Louis XVI style and its harmony and balance. A colonnade of corinthian columns supports the entablement of the rotunda, which is surmounted by statues. The facade is also animated by busts of roman emperors in niches, and sculptures in relief above the windows of the semicircular central avant-corps. The Pantheon, designed by Jacques Germain Soufflot as the Church of Sainte-Geneviève and begun in 1757 under Louis XV, was the most prominent example of religious architecture under construction during the period. It replaced the colossal columns modeled after those of the Church of the Jesu and St. Peter's in Rome with slender, graceful corinthian

neg: Santa Lucia, Bologna in 1623, the interiors were refurbished by Girolamo Rainaldi in a style recalling the mother church of the Jesuit order, the Gesù in Rome. In 1775, with the suppression of the Jesuits, the church briefly passed to the Barnabite order, only to be cloistered by Napoleonic forces. The interior has a chapel dedicated St Louis Gonzaga with an altar (1763) designed by Alfonso Torreggiani. Santa Lucia, Bologna Santa Lucia is a former ancient Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, located on Via Castiglione 36. The incomplete, nearly semi-ruinous brick facade screens a stunning Baroque interior architecture, now used as a

neg: St. Peter's Square St. Peter's Square St. Peter's Square ( , ) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and the first Catholic Pope. At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Doric colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in "the

neg: St. Peter's Square 1950. St. Peter's Square St. Peter's Square ( , ) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and the first Catholic Pope. At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Doric colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in

neg: C. S. McNally 1849 when Oregon was a territory. The builders were Erixson and Luker who used Utah red and Tenino grey sandstone on the facade and two columns of polished Scotch granite support a half-arch doorway. C. S. McNally Cornelius Sarsfield McNally was an American architect in Salem, Oregon, whose work included an 1892 remodel of the facade for the Capital National Bank Building (part of the Salem's downtown historic district) built in 1880. It was remodeled again in 1950. The building closely resembles Philadelphia's First National Bank of the Republic by Frank Furness (1884). Originally from Canada, McNally designed many buildings

neg: Santa Maria in Turri church was demolished to make way for the new Basilica of St. Peter in the 16th or 17th century. Santa Maria in Turri Santa Maria in Turri was an ancient church in the city of Rome, demolished in the Renaissance. It adjoined the outside atrium of the ancient Basilica of St. Peter, one of a complex of small churches or oratories that grew up around the site. Besides the name "in turri" ("in the tower"), other names of the church were S. Maria "ad grada", "ante Salvatorem", "in atrio", or "in medium". In an eighth-century description of the Vatican basilica,

neg: Pope Simplicius S. Andrea near S. Maria Maggiore, and a church dedicated to Saint Lawrence in the Campo Verano. According to the Carolingian liturgist, Amalarius of Metz, Pope Simplicius was the first pope to carry out consecrations at any other time than in December before Christmas. He began to confer Holy Orders in February as well. He was buried in the Basilica of St. Peter on 2 March 483. Rome was without a pope for six days. Since 1971, St. Simplicius's feast day is celebrated on 10 March. Pope Simplicius Pope Simplicius (died 2 or 10 March 483) was pope from 468

neg: St. Mary Church (Grand Street, Manhattan) Street, was named pastor. Quarter would later become the first bishop of Chicago. Originally designed in the Greek Revival style, the new red brick facade designed by Patrick Charles Keely in 1864 was in the Romanesque style and featured twin spires. Other changes were made by Lawrence O'Connor in 1871. The Irish-American prelate, Rev. Michael McKenna, who had ties to Irish nationalist movement, was assistant pastor here in 1868 before becoming the first pastor of the newly separated – from St. Mary's parish – parish of St. Rose of Lima. Notes St. Mary Church (Grand Street, Manhattan) The Church of

neg: Apostolic Throne associated with St. Paul, who along with St. Peter was present, at different times, in both Antioch and Rome (where both Peter and Paul were crucified. The phrase is also somewhat interchangeable with "Apostolic See." Apostolic Throne In Christianity, the concept of an Apostolic Throne refers to one of the historic Patriarchates that was associated with a specific apostle. Saint James the Just is associated with the Apostolic Throne of Jerusalem. Both the Roman Catholic Pope and the Patriarchs of Antioch consider themselves as occupying the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter, as Peter presided over the early church from those

neg: St. Peter's Basilica is the most prominent building in the Vatican City. Its dome is a dominant feature of the skyline of Rome. Probably the largest church in Christendom, it covers an area of . One of the holiest sites of Christianity and Catholic Tradition, it is traditionally the burial site of its titular, St. Peter, who was the head of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, the first Bishop of Antioch and later the first Bishop of Rome, rendering him the first Pope. Although the New Testament does not mention St. Peter's martyrdom in Rome, tradition, based on the

neg: Papal supremacy of St. Anselm of Canterbury and Saint Thomas Becket. St. Anselm (1093–1109) testified to the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff in his writings (relating to Matthew 16) and by his acts. When pressed to surrender his right of appeal to Rome, he answered the king in court: "You wish me to swear never, on any account, to appeal in England to Blessed Peter or his Vicar; this, I say, ought not to be commanded by you, who are a Christian, for to swear this is to abjure Blessed Peter; he who abjures Blessed Peter undoubtedly abjures Christ, who made him

neg: San Giuseppe all'Aurelio San Giuseppe all'Aurelio The Church of St. Joseph is a church in Rome, in Primavalle district via Boccea. It was built in 1970 by architect Ildo Avetta and dedicated to St. Joseph Marello. The church was erected as a parish June 19, 1961 by decree of the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara Quotidianis curis, and entrusted to the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph d'Asti, who are its owners. Since 1991 is the seat of the cardinal's title of "San Giuseppe all'Aurelio". The facade is divided into three by pilasters in tufa concrete. The entrance is topped by a ceramic

neg: Saint Peter the Apostle Church (Vinzons) of a few family in Vinzons such as the Altar with Italian granite flooring. The church's pulpit was also restored using the wooden materials which survived the fire that gutted it 3 years ago. The church was inaugurated on June 29, 2015. on the Feast of its Patron Saint, St. Peter the Apostle. The facade is plain and traditional, with a triangular pediment and a flat wall. There are no horizontal bands to separate the facade into storeys, though a steam of cornices separate the pediment from the wall. An arched main portal contrasts against the otherwise plain facade, its

neg: Co-Cathedral of St. Peter of Clerics, Recife place the 3 of May of 1728. The project was prepared by Manuel Ferreira Jácome. The consistory, the choir and the sacristy were already ready in 1729, but the church body and the central part of the facade were completed in 1759. Co-Cathedral of St. Peter of Clerics, Recife The Co-Cathedral of St. Peter of Clerics () Also Recife Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco in the South American country of Brazil. The Brotherhood of St. Peter of Clerics, established on June 26, 1700, bought nearly 20 years later, an orchard

neg: Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam invites people in for quiet, as well as celebrating Sunday masses in Latin and with Gregorian chant. Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly. Today there is a narrow, Neo-Gothic facade flanked by statues of St Joseph

neg: Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly. Today there is a narrow, Neo-Gothic facade flanked by statues of St Joseph and a perched parrot. The church is on the busy Kalverstraat just south of Dam Square, and

neg: Throne papal nuncios and legates are deputed on diplomatic missions throughout the world. The Pope's throne ("Cathedra Romana"), is located in the apse of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, his cathedral as Bishop of Rome. In apse of Saint Peter's Basilica, above the "Altar of the Chair" lies the "Cathedra Petri", a throne believed to have been used by St Peter himself and other earlier Popes; this relic is enclosed in a gilt bronze casting and forms part of a huge monument designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Unlike at his cathedral (Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), there is no permanent

neg: St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tbilisi with floral ornaments and a dove. The facade is divided by pilasters and arches of a more intense yellow of Corinth that the rest of the structure. St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tbilisi The St. Peter and St. Paul's Church () is a Roman Catholic church in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass there during his visit to Georgia in October 1999. The church was built between 1870 and 1877 on the initiative of Konstantine Zubalashvili, an important member of the Catholic community in Georgia. The project was entrusted to the architect Albert Zaltsman. The

neg: San Pedro, Olite decorated including with scenes of "St George and the Dragon" and a "Centaur fighting a Harpy". The tympanum is a later addition, depcting the "Saints Peter, Andrew, and James". The lintel depicts scenes of the "Life of St Peter". The facade has a gothic rose window. North of the church is a cloister with decorated gothic columns. Some of the capitals depict scenes from Genesis. The main retablo is dedicated to St Peter, and was completed in Baroque style. The canvases of St Fermín and St Francis Xavier are by Vicente Berdusán. The Chapel of the "Virgen del Campanal" was

neg: San Pietro Martire, Naples Conca. The latter painted a "St Dominic receives the palm" (symbol of martyrdom) "from Christ". This is flanked by Diano's "St Thomas' sermon of Joseph" and "St Catherine of Siena pleads for the return of the Pope from Avignon to Rome". The lateral walls and ceiling of this chapel were frescoed by one of the brothers of the Sarnelli family. The main altar was designed by Salomone Rapi, and the balustrade by Lazzari. It has an altarpiece with the "Martyrdom of St Peter of Verona" painted by either Francesco Imparato or Santafede. The first chapel on the right has an

neg: Pope be traced back no earlier than the 3rd century. The writings of the Church Father Irenaeus who wrote around AD 180 reflect a belief that Peter "founded and organized" the Church at Rome. Moreover, Irenaeus was not the first to write of Peter's presence in the early Roman Church. Clement of Rome wrote in a letter to the Corinthians, "c." 96, about the persecution of Christians in Rome as the "struggles in our time" and presented to the Corinthians its heroes, "first, the greatest and most just columns", the "good apostles" Peter and Paul. St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote shortly

neg: Cathedral of St. Mary (Fargo, North Dakota) brick structure follows a basilica plan with a rounded apse. Its six bays are divided by buttresses. The main facade features two uneven towers. The larger of the two towers rises above the ground, and it contains a single bell. A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in the smaller tower. Statues of St. Peter and St. Paul flank the large round arch window on the facade. The interior is divided into three naves. The barrel vaulted ceiling has a cross vault at the transept. Cathedral of St. Mary (Fargo, North Dakota) The Cathedral of St. Mary is

neg: East–West Schism a single bishop, as distinct from a group of presbyter bishops, finally emerged in Rome in the mid-2nd cent. The earlier tradition, however, which placed Peter and Paul in a class apart as the pioneers who together established the Roman church and its ministry, was never lost sight of." St. Peter was according to tradition bishop of Antioch at one point, and was then succeeded by Evodius and Ignatius. The Eastern Orthodox do not hold the primacy of the Pope of Rome over the Eastern church; they teach that the Pope of Rome is the first among equals. The first

neg: John S. Dominy House John S. Dominy House The John S. Dominy House is a historic house located at 605 Pearl Street in Sabula, Iowa. Built sometime between 1850 and 1860, the 1½-story vernacular stone house features a symmetrical, three-bay-wide, facade on the eave side, and a single-story wing in the back. While one of the very few stone buildings in Sabula, it is an example of the common type of stone house found in Jackson County. John S. Dominy, who is associated with this house, built the first blacksmith shop in town. The person who designed and built this house is not known.

neg: Innocenzio Taccone Innocenzio Taccone Innocenzio Taccone was an Italian painter of the Baroque. Taccone was born in Bologna. He was a pupil and relative of Annibale Carracci. In 1600, he accompanied that artist to Rome, where he assisted him in many of his works. In the vault of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, he painted three large frescoes, from the designs of Annibale, representing the "Coronation of the Virgin", "Christ appearing to St. Peter", and "Assumption of St. Paul". He also painted scenes from the "Life of St. Andrew Apostle" for a chapel in S. Angelo in Pescheria. Taccone died

neg: Himerius of Bosto Himerius of Bosto Saint Himerius (Imerio, Imier) of Bosto is venerated as a pilgrim and martyr. He is venerated in the province of Varese jointly with Gemolus (Gemolo), who was martyred with him. (Some scholars believe that the two figures are the same man). A tradition from the eleventh century holds that Himerius and Gemolus were Nordic companions of a bishop who was traveling "Ad Limina Apostolorum" –that is, on a pilgrimage to the sepulchers of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome, i.e., to the Basilica of St. Peter and to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.

neg: San Pancrazio saint beneath the high altar, with a window of access from a semi-circular corridor that led behind and below the altar. In the 17th century, it was given to the Discalced Carmelites, who completely remodeled it. The church underwent further rebuilding in the 19th century, having been heavily damaged during Garibaldi's attack on Rome in 1849; but it retains its plain brick facade of the late 15th century, with the arms of Pope Innocent VIII. Below the church there are huge catacombs, the "Catacombe di S. Pancrazio" or "di Ottavilla". Entrance is next to the small "Museo di S. Pancrazio"

neg: Major basilica the venerable basilica of the Prince of the Apostles". He offered "not only full and copious, but the most full, pardon of all their sins" to those who fulfilled certain conditions: First, as truly penitent, they had to confess their sins, and, second, they had to visit on pilgrimage the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, the respective burial sites of the apostles Pope St. Peter and St. Paul. In the second jubilee year in 1350, Pope Clement VI designated as a third major basilica St. John in the Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome. He encouraged the faithful to

neg: Launceston Synagogue Launceston Synagogue The Launceston Synagogue is a heritage-listed building located in St. John's Street, Launceston, Tasmania. In the 1840s the sizeable Launceston Hebrew Congregation borrowed £500 to purchase the land to build the SynagogueThe Synagogue was designed by Richard Peter Lambeth and was built in 1844 by Tasmanian builders Barton and Bennell. The synagogue was consecrated in 1846. The building is Australia's second-oldest synagogue (after the Hobart Synagogue), the oldest place of non-Christian worship in Launceston, and a rare example of an Egyptian revival architecture in Australia. The building features a distinctly trapezoidal facade and main window bearing the Star

neg: Faith Mission (Santa Barbara, California) Faith Mission (Santa Barbara, California) The Hotel Savoy, at 409 State St. in Santa Barbara, California, was built in 1889 as Faith Mission. It was designed by architect Peter J. Barber in Stick/Eastlake and Italianate architectural styles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has served as a religious structure and as a hotel, and was listed for its architecture. It was deemed notable because of its "elaborate stamped metal facade decorations", unique in southern Santa Barbara County, and as it is possibly the last 19th-century commercial building in Santa Barbara surviving with its

neg: Pope Sergius II redevelopment in Rome, improving churches, aqueducts, and the Lateran Basilica. He and his brother, Benedict, funded their building plans by selling appointments to various church positions to the highest bidder. During his pontificate the ouskirts of Rome were ravaged, and the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul were sacked by Arabs, who also approached Portus and Ostia in August 846. During the raid, he (along with the people of Rome) looked on helplessly as they hid behind the Aurelian walls. Despite having been forewarned of the intentions of the raiders, Sergius is seen as having not acted adequately enough

neg: Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Severino Marche The sanctuary and tomb is located in the chapel to the right of the entrance. A new Neoclassic facade was designed in 1842 by Ireneo Aleandri with a steeple designed by Venancio Bigioli. Embedded into the facade as a decorative element is one of the original Romanesque-Gothic carved portals with plant and animal sculptural decorations. Among the works in the interior, include a main altarpiece canvas by Bernardino di Mariotto depicting the "Madonna and St John with a genuflecting Mary Magdalen an St Bernardine". Adjacent to the convent is the sanctuary which retains the highly sculpted Gothic-Romanesque portal. The façade

neg: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio) an example of Italian-influenced Baroque Revival architecture, partly modelled after the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in Rome. Two great towers, topped with cupolas, form the ends of the facade, while a great rose window sits in the middle section of the facade high above the main entrance. A flight of steps rises from the sidewalk to the central main entrance, which sits along the sidewalk with no setback. In 1976, St. Elizabeth's Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its place in the area's history and because of its historically significant architecture.

neg: Order of Saint Augustine order in Rome is that of S. Augustinus de Urbe, established in 1483, near the church of St. Augustine. It was there that the remains of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, were deposited when they were brought from Ostia in the year 1430. This, formerly the chief priory of the order, was later occupied by the Italian Ministry of Marine, and the Augustinian friars who serve the church retained only a small portion of their former property. Another Augustinian priory in Rome is S. Maria de Populo de Urbe. In 1331 Pope John XXII had appointed the Augustinian

neg: Churches of Rome 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: 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". 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. Traditionally, pilgrims were expected to visit all four basilicas, and San Lorenzo

neg: Baroque Chair of St. Peter beneath the dome in St. Peter's Basilica. In addition, he designed fountains with monumental groups of sculpture to decorate the major squares of Rome. Baroque sculpture was particularly inspired by ancient Roman statuary, particularly by the famous statue of Laocoön from the First Century A.D., which was on display in the gallery of the Vatican. When he visited Paris in 1665, Bernini addressed the students at the Academy of painting and sculpture, he advised the students to work from classical models, rather than from nature. He told the students, "When I had trouble with my first

neg: Catholic Church in Italy Apostle is addressed and attests to the presence of Roman Christians in the first century. Christians in Rome were also in touch with St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostle, both of whom went to Rome on mission and were eventually martyred there. One of the first Italian bishops and popes was Clement of Rome who wrote a letter to the Christian community in Corinth ("1 Clement") around AD 96. Over its two thousand-year history, the Church of Italy grew in size and influence producing and harboring (sometimes before martyrdom) some of the greatest leaders and movers of Catholic Christianity

neg: Culture of Rome, Italy last resting place of St. Peter. to this day, thousand of believers flock to the city to Rome. One of the pilgrimage stopping point is pilate's stairs where, according to the Christian tradition, the steps that led up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, which Jesus Christ stood on during his Passion on his way to trial. The stairs were, reputedly, brought to Rome by St. Helena in the 4th Century. For centuries, the Scala Santa has attracted Christian pilgrims who wished to honor the Passion of Jesus. The city’s first university, La Sapienza, was founded in 1303.

neg: Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Indianapolis) York designed the Classical Revival-style cathedral, adjacent chapel, and bishop's residence (rectory). The cathedral complex was built in stages. The rectory and chapel were completed in 1892. The cathedral and a temporary facade were built between 1905 and 1907; the permanent facade was erected in 1936. The high altar of the unfinished cathedral was consecrated on December 21, 1906. William Whetten Renwick, nephew of American architect James Renwick Jr., was responsible for the cathedral project and designed its original interior decoration. The Indianapolis architectural firm of D. A. Bohlen and Son was local supervisor for construction of the chapel, rectory,