San Biagio della Pagnotta

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San Biagio della Pagnotta
Church of Saint Blaise of the Loaf
Chiesa di San Biagio degli Armeni
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San Biagio della Pagnotta
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41°53′54″N12°27′58″E / 41.8983°N 12.4661°E / 41.8983; 12.4661 Coordinates: 41°53′54″N12°27′58″E / 41.8983°N 12.4661°E / 41.8983; 12.4661
Location64 Via Giulia, Ponte, Rome
Country Italy
Language(s) Armenian
Denomination Armenian Catholic Church
Tradition Armenian Rite
History
Status national church
Dedication Blaise of Sebaste
Relics heldthroat (larynx?) of St Blaise
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architectural type Baroque
Groundbreaking 11th century
Completed1832
Administration
Diocese Rome

San Biagio della Pagnotta [1] or San Biagio degli Armeni [2] is a church in Rome, in the Ponte district, on via Giulia, near Palazzo Sacchetti. It is dedicated to Saint Blaise and is the national church of the Armenian community in Rome. [3]

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History

The church is frequently recorded in medieval catalogues.; [4] it originated before the 10th century, but is first recorded in a 1072 inscription preserved inside it, which records that Domenico, abbot of the adjoining monastery (now a hotel), rebuilt the church under pope Alexander II.

The church was rebuilt in the 18th century, including its present facade by Giovanni Antonio Perfetti - at its top is a fresco of Saint Blaise's miracle. The interior was rebuilt in the first part of the 19th century by Filippo Navone. It houses the relic of the throat of Saint Blaise as well as a Pietro da Cortona painting of angels adoring the Holy Sacrament and a painting of the Madonna of Grace (1671). In 1836 pope Gregory XVI gave the church to the Armenians as their national church.

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References

  1. 'Pagnotta' derives from the small loaves which were blessed and distributed to the poor on its patron saint's feast day (3 February).
  2. The church is referred to by several other names in medieval documents (San Biagio gastru secuta, gatta secuta, cantu securo, clatro secura, cantu secuta, monte secuto), which all derive from the expression de cantu secuta, in reference to the caput seccutae: in the 13th century 'seccuta' was the popular name for the bank of the Tiber where via Giulia now runs, where the river left a large deposit of sand and silt.
  3. Biagio di Sebaste – San Biagio degli Armeni
  4. Cited at n.59 by the name sancto Blasio Gattusecuta in the Cencio Camerario catalogue.

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