S. BALBINA
Titulus
Sanctae Balbinae mentioned
in the year 595, probably erected in the halls of the house of the consul of
193 and 204 Lucius Fabius Cilone, which was given to him by his friend
Septimius Severus (193/211)
The remains
of the house (Domus Cilonis) perhaps belonged previously to Hadrian
(117/138) (Domus private Hadriani) are in the convent of the church
In this
house the Titulus Tigridae was instituted, mentioned in the year 499 and
therefore before the Titulus Sanctae Balbinae
Restored in
the eighth century
Restored
again in 1489 for Marco Barbo nephew of Pope Paul II Barbo (1464/71). On this
occasion the columns of the portico were replaced with pillars
It was
abandoned in early 1600s
Restored
and reopened in 1698, again restored in 1813, 1825 and finally in the years
1927/30 by Antonio Muñoz (1884/1960)
On the floor
“Black and white mosaics” from the necropolis excavated in 1929 for the opening
of the Imperial Way, the ancestor of today's Via Cristoforo Colombo, which
began from the Circus Maximus
TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE
“Tomb of
Stephen de Surdis” d. 1303 from the ancient Basilica of S. Peter
4th
NICHE ON THE RIGHT
Marble
relief “Crucifixion” maybe by Mino da Fiesole
(1429/84) and John Duknovich aka Giovanni Dalmata
(about 1440/1510)
MAIN ALTAR
1742 jasper
urn with the relics of St. Balbina, Felicissimus and others
APSE
Frescoes “Redeemer in Glory
with the Sts. Balbina, Felicissimus and Quirinus with a pope” 1599 by the Florentine pupil of
Passignano Anastasio Fontebuoni (1571/1626) for
Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1592/1605) with coat of arms on the triumphal arch
“Cosmatesque
chair” of the thirteenth century
6th
NICHE ON THE LEFT
Altar with
small well for the relics in the floor
On the wall
very damaged fresco “Crucifixion of St. Peter”
3rd
NICHE ON THE LEFT
“Memorial
stone with mosaic cross” of the fourteenth century
Frescoes on
the walls “Madonna, Child and apostles” and on the apse “Christ” end of
thirteenth century by an artist from the school of Pietro de' Cerroni aka Pietro Cavallini (about 1240/1325)
In the
lower and oldest layer of frescoes it is possible to see a “Madonna and Child
with Sts. Peter and Paul”
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