Current Position: Earth Sector, U.S.A. Outpost, Station 1
Mission Status: Monday, Week 2 of Lent - Roman Station Church is S. Clemente
San Clemente
Scott 123, 1949
San Clemente — Short Total Bullet Listing (According to Microsoft Copilot)Scott 123, 1949
• Dedicated to Pope St. Clement I, 1st‑century martyr and fourth Bishop of Rome
• Earliest church built in the 4th century atop a Roman insula and a Mithraic temple
• Served as an important titulus church in late antiquity, mentioned in early Roman church lists
• Destroyed during the Norman sack of Rome (1084) under Robert Guiscard
• Present upper basilica constructed shortly after, in the late 11th–12th century
• Lower basilica preserved beneath, containing frescoes from the 9th–11th centuries
• Excavations revealed the Mithraeum, showing continuous layers of Roman, early Christian, and medieval worship
• Interior enriched in the 12th century with the famous Cosmatesque floor and apse mosaic of the Triumph of the Cross
• Entrusted to the Irish Dominicans in the 17th century, who still serve the church
• Baroque additions made in the 18th century, while preserving medieval structure
• Lenten Station for Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, emphasizing conversion and the triumph of Christian faith over pagan Rome
• Today renowned for its three archaeological levels, making it one of Rome’s most vivid examples of “a city built on a city”
Daily Links:
- VPS Writings
http://vaticanstamps.org/lent/lview.php?id=12&ldate=2025-03-17
- The Pontifical North American College
https://www.pnac.org/station-churches/week-2/monday-san-clemente/
- Hidden Churches of Rome (UTUBE)
https://ondemand.ewtn.com/Home/Play/en/RHC09908
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