Saints connected here
Saints connected to Rome
8 saints whose lives, tombs, and relics are woven into the city.
- Saint Peter First Bishop of Rome, martyred on the Vatican Hill. His tomb is traditionally venerated beneath the altar of St. Peter's Basilica, making the city legible through apostolic witness. St. Peter's Basilica · St. Paul Outside the Walls
- Saint Paul Apostle and martyr, associated with the Ostian Way and traditionally venerated at San Paolo fuori le Mura. With Peter, he gives Rome its apostolic foundation. St. Paul Outside the Walls · St. Peter's Basilica
- Saint Cecilia Roman martyr venerated in Trastevere. Her relics are venerated beneath the altar of Santa Cecilia, while the Catacomb of Callistus preserves her first burial memory along the Via Appia. Santa Cecilia in Trastevere · Catacomb of Callistus
- Saint Agnes Young martyr of Rome whose geography holds two complementary places: the tomb and body relic tradition at Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, and the skull relic and martyr-site memory at Sant'Agnese in Agone. Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura · Sant'Agnese in Agone
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Saint Clement I Third Bishop of Rome, author of a letter to Corinth that remains one of the earliest Christian documents. San Clemente al Laterano preserves three centuries of Roman Christian history in one building. San Clemente al Laterano
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Saint Philip Neri The Apostle of Rome. He walked the Seven Churches pilgrimage and founded the Oratory. His body rests at the Chiesa Nuova. Chiesa Nuova
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Saint Catherine of Siena Doctor of the Church who died in Rome. Her body is beneath the altar of Santa Maria sopra Minerva; her head rests in Siena. Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola Founder of the Society of Jesus, who died in Rome. His tomb is in the Gesù, the mother church of the Jesuits. Il Gesù