Via Merulana is a street in the Rione Monti of Rome , Italy . It is south of the main train station ( Stazioni Termini ) of Rome, near the Oppian Hill . The street connects two major papal basilicas: the Santa Maria Maggiore to the St John Lateran . The name derives from family that owned the land during the medieval period. The present street was initiated by Pope Gregory XIII in the late 16th century and finished not long after by Pope Sixtus V .
6-551: On the route described above are the facades of the church of Sant'Antonio da Padova and the adjacent Franciscan convent. Previously the site was occupied by the Villa Giustiniani Massimo. At the intersection with the Roman Via Labicana is the facade of the ancient church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano . On the intersection with via di San Vito is the church of Sant'Alfonso di Liguori all'Esquilino of
12-545: A titular church as a seat for cardinals . The current cardinal priest of the Titulus Sancti Antonii Patavini de Urbe is Américo Aguiar . Two staircases provide access to the gantry of the church, where a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua stands holding the Christ Child . Inside, the church is constructed of three naves , divided by two columns of pillars made of pink marble. The general decoration of
18-709: Is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome on Via Merulana, one block from the Obelisk of St. John Lateran. It was built for the Order of Friars Minor , who needed a new home after they were moved from Santa Maria in Ara Coeli to allow the construction of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument . The church was consecrated on 4 December 1887 and was elevated to minor basilica status in 1931. On 12 March 1960 Pope John XXIII made it
24-584: The Italian writer Carlo Emilio Gadda . 41°53′23″N 12°30′12″E / 41.8897°N 12.5032°E / 41.8897; 12.5032 This Italian road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sant%27Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana The Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua al Laterano ( Italian : Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino , Latin : S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe )
30-843: The Order of the Redemptorist Priests. Instead, on the intersection with via Mecenate is the Auditorium of Maecenas , a nymphaeum part of the Gardens of Maecenas . Other institutions on the route include the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale and the Pontifical University Antonianum . The ancient church of San Matteo in Via Merulana was destroyed in 1810. The street is included in the crime novel That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by
36-698: The church was done by Friar Bonaventura Loffredo da Alghero in 1889–1890. The fresco of the apotheosis of the Franciscan family in the apse area of the sanctuary was done by Friar Loffredo. The paintings of the side altars were done by various artists, mainly Franciscan: St. Clare of Assisi by Giuseppe Bravi (1844–1908); St. Francis of Assisi by Franz De Rhoden (1817–1903); Japanese Martyrs crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki by Cesare Mariani (1826–1901); Immaculate Mary by Francesco Szoldatiez (1916); St. Ludovico di Tolosa by Eugenia Pignet (1940). Other paintings were done by
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