known church rome important historical artistic reasons church facing built early middle ages early 16th century hosted commissioned renaissance architect younger build new shrine richly decorated painted artist students church demolished avenue leading built central demolished decorative elements exist preserved demolition location church located rome east facade facing west opposite south paralleled history middle ages church gave birth legend mother constantine great returned trip brought stone relics presentation jesus temple bound empress wanted donate stones convoy arrived site future church horses italian refused despite urging italian chapel hosting stones built origin church probable reason discovery near square thigh roman equestrian statue church ancient origin middle ages dedicated italian called papal mentioned main medieval roman churches like paris according sources church identified san staff borne pilgrims coming left entering exactly completing way james fact explain late dedication relics brought church dedication changed usually known contemporary documents medieval rome covered passage linking pope entrusted chapter saint peter italian church care church parish renaissance italian del sacramento entrusted church care originated evening coming old church lying near followed lay brother bearing bringing bread sick person wind extinguished went nearby shop asking fire priest left sight lone priest bearing blessed moved gathered accompanied bearing group grew september members formed assigned chapel pope acknowledged association moved members wore clothing white fabric italian small figure left shoulder image christ open arms committed provide doctor barber poor parish holy thursday church exhibited wax sculpture christ annual procession went chapel finally pope gregory association association duties privileges increased year beginning brothers gave poor parish girls white dress pope gave privilege setting free year person condemned death shortly assignment started reconstruct choosing architect younger lack funds facade unfinished year ecclesiastical governor died leaving inheritance association thanks legacy years later construction finished dedicated built church underwent thorough half 17th century second half 18th november church cardinal damaged french occupation rome napoleon restored stone removed san lost status parish fire damaged works art assigned church demolished september construction art given chapel display elements facade including 17th century portal decorated relics sacrifice presentation jesus temple placed church national church dutch early 1990s church main altar description church artistic importance primarily design younger paintings particularly painter students architecture commissioned rebuild church main problem shape width facing longer depth drawings indicate solutions single nave plan oriented long entrance octagonal oval plans adopted church anna popular 17th century adopt plans instead deciding reduce area church plan long normal nave flanked large designed rooms church appearance century shortly completion known facade appears square center portal large opened round window rows pairs bell roof facade completed high consisting large panel adorned outlined frame added base slopes edges base second order elements gave facade bore coats arms pope viii upward swing facade adorned sacred subjects including faked figures yellow saints golden metal attributed church maintained original single nave plan separated rows square brick pillars church increasing closing gate room altar interior right chapel dedicated virgin mary vault paintings doctors walls adorned depicting events life virgin attributed late artist display second chapel dedicated housed panel painting saint chapel added church original door chapel dedicated jesus called painting nicknamed birthplace known chapel stone stone jesus reportedly presented temple jerusalem kept church demolition stone sacrifice moved nearby church altar oil painting student presentation jesus 16th century depicting choir angels wall nave left chapel dedicated mary chapel family contained stone reportedly sacrifice painting birth mary altar vault walls decorated second chapel dedicated statue later replaced painting saint altar burial place members chapel dedicated contained large sculpture christ cross painting supper main altar dedicated jesus madonna moved cardinals image painted facade palace local people number attributed altar african marble right entrance holy water font presented church member church burial place people adorned floor son mother law son architect
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