Built on
the ruins of an ancient medieval tower in memory of the rest stop in this
place on April 11, 1462 of Pius II Piccolomini (1458/64)
The Pope had
left Rome to meet Cardinal Bessarion who was carrying the head of St. Andrew
from Ancona to Rome
The relic
had been saved by the tyrant of Patras in Greece who had fled to avoid the
Turks and it was kept in the Basilica of St. Peter as one of the four most
important relics of the church
The head of
S. Andrea was eventually donated in 1966 by Paul VI Montini (1963/78) to the
city of Patras, where the saint had died
The oratory
was granted in 1566 to S. Filippo Neri (known as St. Philip Neri in English)
and to the Confraternita della SS. Trinità dei Pellegrini (Brotherhood
of Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims) which still officiate in it
It was restored
in 1805 by Giuseppe Valadier (1762/1839)
ALTAR
Painting “St. Andrew” dating back to the sixteenth century
In the
small garden behind the church there is a CEMETERY abandoned for the pilgrims
who died in Rome
At the
center AEDICULA shaped like a small temple with “Statue of St. Andrew” by Paolo Taccone aka Paul Romano (ABOUT 1415/77)
The aedicula was rebuilt in 1869 after being hit by lightning
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