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(DC Comics). Façade of Santa Prisca.  Santa Prisca is a titular
church of Rome, devoted to Saint Prisca, a 1st-century martyr,
on the Aventine Hill. It was built in the 4th or 5th century
over a temple of Mithras, and is recorded as the Titulus Priscae
in the acts of the 499 synod.  Damaged in the Norman Sack of
Rome, the church was restored several times. The current aspect
is due to the 1660 restoration, which included a new facade by
Carlo Lombardi.  In the interior, the columns are the only
visible remains of the ancient church. Also a baptismal font
allegedly used by Saint Peter is conserved. The altar in the
crypt contains the relics of Saint Prisca; the frescoes in the
crypt are by Antonio Tempesta. Anastasio Fontebuoni frescoed the
walls of the nave with Saints and angels with the instruments of
passion. In the sacristy, is a painting of the Immaculate
conception with angels by G