San Giorgio in Velabro

Local nameSan Giorgio in Velabro
LocationRipa, Rome, Italy

San Giorgio in Velabro is a Catholic church dedicated to St. George on Via del Velabro in the historic center of Rome in the Velabrum and the Ripa district. The church—the result of the 9th century expansion of a previous diaconal building and subsequent remodeling—stands near the Arch of Janus in the small square of the Cloaca Maxima. The location of S. Giorgio is not far from the place where the founding legend of Rome places the discovery of the twins Romulus and Remus by the she-wolf. The façade of the church encroaches upon and incorporates the Arcus Argentariorum, which was completed in 204 AD.

S. Giorgo falls within the territory of the parish of Santa Maria in Portico in Campitelli and is a rectory entrusted to the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross as well as a titular church, whose cardinal-deacons over the years have included Pope Boniface IX and Pope Martin V, as well as Pierre de Luxembourg and Saint John Henry Newman.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giorgio_in_Velabro

Address 19 Via del Velabro, Roma 00186, Italy

Coordinates 41°53'22.59" N 12°28'59.38" E

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