2007/01/18 by Caroline Goodson · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #Byzantine Studies and History #Medieval Literature and History #Cult #Martyr #SAINT #Ninth #Liturgy #Art #Nave #Ancient history #Ancient Rome #History #Archaeology #Classics #Art history #Visual arts
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1468-0254.2007.00197.x
openalex publication_date 2007/01/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Examining Pope Paschal I's early ninth‐century architectural project of S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, brings to light the diversity of functions of tituli in early medieval Rome. Not only was the church a papal basilica and site of the stational liturgy of Rome, but it was also a shrine to the saint Cecilia, a popular Roman martyr. The architectural arrangement makes clear that the papal project incorporated both the papal cult and the popular cult of the saint by manipulating the archaeology of the site and translating corporeal relics to the urban church.