The
original church dates back to the fifth century, one of the oldest churches in
Rome
It was
built, according to tradition, on the Titulus Eusebii, the house of S.
Eusebius (about 319/about 357), one of the 43 saints with this name recognized
by the Catholic Church
Rebuilt in 1238 for Gregory IX dei Conti di
Segni (1227/41)
It was
rebuilt again in 1600 by Onorio Longhi
(1568/1619)
Restored in
the years 1750/59 by Nicolò Picconi
FAÇADE
1711 Carlo Stefano Fontana (active 1700/about 1719) son of
Carlo Fontana (1634/1714) and brother of Francesco Fontana
BELL TOWER
of the time of Honorius III Savelli (1216/27)
Every 17
January for the feast of St. Anthony of Egypt the blessing of the animals
takes place in the churchyard, moved here in the twentieth century from the
churchyard of the neighboring church of St.
Anthony of Egypt for reasons of public order
VAULT
“Glory of St Eusebius” 1757 by Anton
Raphael Mengs (1728/79)
It is one
of the first examples of a painting in neoclassical style
The face of
one of the angels represented by Mengs is the portrait of the woman he loved
NAVE
Paintings
between the windows by Giuseppe Passeri
(1654/1714) pupil of Carlo Maratta
SIDE NAVES
End of
1800s/beginning of 1900s
MAIN ALTAR
Designed by
Onorio Longhi
On the
altar “Madonna and Child” maybe by Pompeo Batoni
(1708/87)
CHANCEL
Stalls and
music stand of walnut carved with grotesque figures in the seventeenth century
To the
right “Madonna and Saints” by Baldassare Croce
(about 1553/1628)
CLOISTER
1588 Domenico Fontana (1543/1607)
It is built
with bricks and it features a central fountain
The MONASTERY,
to which the cloister belongs, is the seat of the Central Directorate of
Health of the State Police
It was
the place where one of the first printers in Rome ever operated: it was run in
the years 1470/71 by the German Georg Lauer
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