Santo Stefano Rotondo


  • Caption
    Interior View
Date
468-83 CE
Location
Europe->Italy->Lazio->Rome
Description
This church is dedicated to St Stephen of Hungary and St Stephen the Deacon. It is the Hungarian national church. It is the largest circular church in existence, having a diameter of 64 meters (210 feet). The first church was consecrated in the time of Pope St Simplicius I (468-483) to hold the relics of St Stephen, protomartyr of the Church. It was decorated by Pope John I (523-526) and Pope Felix IV (526-530). The colonnades were altered by Pope Innocent II (1130-1143), when a series of transverse arches were introduced to support the roof. It was restored by Pope Nicholas V in 1543. The work was carried out by Bernardo Rosselino. A central circular area is emcompassed by concentric inner and outer ambulatories. Keywords: Roma, Italy, ceremonial, religious structures, Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio, paintings. Submitted by Robert Livesey.
Style/Period
Medieval (c. 300 CE - 1399 CE)
Corinthian order