Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

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Roman Catholic basilica church building minor basilica

The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri is a grand Roman Catholic church in Rome, built within the ruins of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and renowned for its Michelangelo-designed architecture and monumental meridian line.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri al Terme di Diocleziano 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic basilica ⓘ
church building ⓘ
minor basilica ⓘ
architect Girolamo Rainaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luigi Vanvitelli ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
surface form: Michelangelo Buonarroti
belongsToDiocese Diocese of Rome ⓘ
builtWithin Baths of Diocletian ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Pius IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionYear 16th century ⓘ
consecrationYear 1561 ⓘ
constructionStart 1563 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo Christian martyrs ⓘ
Holy Angels ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
function national church of the Italian Republic ⓘ
titular church ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasFacadeDesigner Luigi Vanvitelli ⓘ
hasFeature meridian line ⓘ
hasMeridianFunction astronomical observations ⓘ
determination of Easter date ⓘ
hasNaveOrientation transverse to original baths axis ⓘ
hasOrgan pipe organ ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural property in Italy ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Italian ⓘ
liturgicalStatus basilica minor ⓘ
liturgicalTitle Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri al Terme di Diocleziano
locatedIn Lazio ⓘ
Piazza della Repubblica, Rome ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
meridianLineCompletionYear 1702 ⓘ
meridianLineDesigner Francesco Bianchini NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Roma Termini railway station ⓘ
notableFor Michelangelo’s interior design ⓘ
integration of ancient Roman baths into Christian church ⓘ
monumental meridian line on the floor ⓘ
papalTitleGrantedBy Pope Pius IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
parishEstablished 20th century ⓘ
partOf Baths of Diocletian ⓘ
surface form: Diocletian Baths complex
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
style Baroque architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
usesStructureOf Baths of Diocletian ⓘ
surface form: frigidarium of the Baths of Diocletian

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giovanni Angelo → burialPlace → Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri ⓘ
Pope Pius IV → burialPlace → Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri ⓘ
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri → liturgicalTitle → Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri al Terme di Diocleziano