SMALL TEMPLE OF St. ANDREW

TEMPIETTO DI S. ANDREA
Viale delle Mura Aurelie 4

1848. Small temple by Gaetano Morichini with statue of “St. Andrew” by Carlo Aureli pupil of Antonio Canova for Pius IX Mastai Ferretti (1846/78)

It was built to commemorate the place where the relic of the head of St. Andrew was found. It had recently been stolen from St. Peter's Basilica

The relic of the head of St. Andrew was donated in 1966 by Pope Paul VI Montini (1963/78) to the Greek city of Patras as a gesture of detente toward the Orthodox Church. The relic of the rest of the body of St. Andrew is located in the Cathedral of Amalfi