1933/34 Clemente
Busiri Vici (1887/1965) for Pius XI
Ratti (1922/39)
It is
managed by the diocesan clergy since 1985
“Stations
of the Cross” 1934/38 by Domenico Mastroianni
(1876/1962)
MAIN ALTAR
Altarpiece “Glory
of St. Hippolytus” 1950 by Orazio
Amato (1884/1952), who featured in the painting the faces of the Minor
Capuchin Friars from Piedmont residing in the parish at the time
On the
sides canvas “Eucharistic Miracle of St. Clare of Assisi” and “St. Lawrence of
Brindisi” 1960 by Franco Casetti
TRANSEPT
Canvas “St.
Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy with Pius XII kneeling” 1941, and “Our
Lady of Lourdes” 1940 by Gustavo Solimene
Around the
canvas “Ten artistic graffiti” 1965 by Luciano Vinardi
who also designed the “Forty-three stained glass windows” of the church in the
years 1963/64
“Bronze
angels” by Corrado Vigni (1888/?)
When the
foundations of a building nearby were dug, it was discovered a branch of the
Catacomba di S. Ippolito
Catacomb of St. Hippolytus
Entrance
in Via dei Canneti
Explored by
Antonio Bosio at the end of the sixteenth century and by G.B. De Rossi in the
nineteenth century
Five levels
of which only the median is accessible
It was
badly damaged during World War II because it was used as a bomb shelter
The oldest
part is the one that was dug around the UNDERGROUND BASILICA built by Pope
Vigilius (537/555) around the tomb of the martyr Hippolytus (about 170/235)
In 1553 a “Statue
of St. Hippolytus” was found which is now in the Vatican Library
It has been
proved, however, by Margherita Guarducci that the statue is a reconstruction
made in the third century AD of various statues of the second century AD, later
completed with the missing parts by Pirro Ligorio (about
1513/83) who had found the statue
St.
Hippolytus was a controversial figure of the Roman Church at the beginning of
the third century AD, considered by the ancient sources as a priest, a bishop,
a soldier, an anti-heretical writer, a theologian, an antipope and a martyr
He was
exiled to Sardinia in the year 235 by the Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235/238)
with Pope Pontian (230/235), with whom he had reconciled, having recognized him
as the legitimate pope. Both died working in the mines
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