St. SATURNINUS

S. SATURNINO
Via Avigliana 3/Via Topino - Quartiere Trieste

1935 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)
Original and austere FAÇADE with a large apse

Under the MAIN ALTAR relics of St. Saturninus moved here in 1987 from the churches of Sts. John and Paul (body parts) and St. Peter in Chains (skullcap)

St. Saturninus was from Carthage and, according to tradition, was beheaded on Via Nomentana in the year 304 AD