Sts. QUIRICUS AND JULIETTA

SS. QUIRICO E GIULITTA
Via di Tor de' Conti 31a

Seventh century. Originally dedicated to Sts. Stephan and Lawrence

1584 restorations for Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici with inverted orientation and floor raised four meters (13 feet)
With the new orientation the church had its façade facing the new Via Alessandrina ​​opened at the behest of Cardinal Michele Bonelli, nephew of St. Pius V Ghislieri (1566/72), known as Il Cardinale Alessandrino (the Cardinal from Alexandria) as he was a native of Alessandria in the Piedmont region

Restorations 1606/08

FAÇADE about 1733 by Filippo Raguzzini (1680/1771)

PORTAL apparently dating back to the Renaissance period maybe by Baccio Pontelli (about 1450/92), but most likely put in place in 1750

Dedicated to Julietta and her three year old Quiricus, both martyrs in Tarsus under Diocletian (284/305)

VAULT
Frescoes “Glory of Sts. Quiricus and Julietta” 1856 by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/90)

FLOOR 1956

1^st ALTAR ON THE RIGHT - ALTAR OF Sts. JOSEPH AND DIMAS (the Good Thief)
“Holy Family with the Infant St. John with Visitation” by an anonymous artist of the eighteenth century

2^nd ALTAR ON THE RIGHT
“Preaching of St. Dominic” 1855 by Ercole Ruspi

MAIN ALTAR
“Martyrdom of Sts. Quirico and Giuditta” in 1631 by an unknown artist of the seventeenth-century
Frescos on the vault of the presbytery “Allegory of the Mystic Lamb” 1856 by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/90)

2^nd ALTAR ON THE LEFT - ALTAR OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
“St. Dominic and St. Catherine worship the image of the Virgin Mary” by an anonymous artist of the eighteenth century

1^st ALTAR ON THE LEFT
“Sts. Nicholas of Bari and Vincent Ferrer in adoration of the Christ Child” by an anonymous artist of the eighteenth century

There is adjoining MUSEUM OF THE NATIVITY SCENE with 3,000 figurines from all over the world

LOWER CHURCH
Two layers of frescoes, the oldest of which maybe dates back to the eleventh century with “Mystic Lamb” and fragments of “Saints”

EX-CONVENT
1750/53 by Gabriele Valvassori (1683/1761)
It incorporates the small Romanesque bell tower. Now it is the HOTEL FORUM