Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 28
595 on the Titulus Fasciolae mentioned in the sources since the year 377
The fasciola was the bandage fallen from the wounded foot of St. Peter while being led to martyrdom
The church was moved to the present site in 814 for Leo III (795/816)
Reduced in size in 1475 for Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471/84)
Restoration with frescoes and altar raised on the occasion of the Jubilee of the year 1600 for Cardinal Cesare Baronio
It was dedicated on that year to Nereus and Achilleus servants of Flavia Domitilla and martyrs, according to tradition, with her in Terracina under Trajan (98/117)
NAVES
Frescoes “Stories of martyrs” maybe by Niccolò Circignani aka Pomarancio (about 1520/98)
PRESBYTERY
On the right “Candelabra” of the fifteenth century from the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and “Ambo” with a base made out of porphyry from the Baths of Caracalla
Enclosure of the choir of the twelfth century with Cosmatesque pieces
Ciborium of the sixteenth century
Episcopal chair of Vassallettos’ workshop
SIDE OF THE ARCH OF THE APSE FACING THE NAVE
Mosaic “Annunciation”, “Theotokos” and “Transfiguration” about 815 the only section left of the mosaic of the time of Leo III (795/816)
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