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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Divino Amore

Dedicated until the early 19th century to Saints Cecilia and Blaise. The church is also known by the name Madonna del Divino Amore in Campo Marzio.
The name of St Cecilia dates back to a double and erroneous tradition according to which the church was built on the house of the Trastevere saint, or according to which she used to gather in the basement of the church to pray. In fact, the oldest document referring to this church is a marble cippus, found in the 17th century under the altar, which bears the following inscription: Hec est domus in qua orabat Sancta Cecilia MCXXXI consacravit (This is the house where Saint Cecilia used to pray; consecrated in 1131).

In 1575, the church was entrusted to the care of the Compagnia dei materassai, who added to the ancient title that of St Blaise, the patron saint of the company. Under the pontificate of Benedict XIII, the church was completely rebuilt to a design by Filippo Raguzzini (1729).

In 1802, Pius VII entrusted it to the Confraternity of Divine Love (Archconfraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Divine Love), which has its headquarters there and from which the street and church are named.

All that remains of the medieval church is the bell tower, which dates back to the 12th century. The interior of the church has a single nave with a barrel vault, frescoed in the 19th century.

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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Divino Amore, Vicolo del Divino Amore , 12
Vicolo del Divino Amore , 12
41° 54' 11.1636" N, 12° 28' 34.4964" E

 

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