Built in 1360, the only remaining example of Gothic style church building in Rome.
Madonna and Child. Beautiful piece for those holding a devotion to St. Rose.
Michelangelo's Christ the Redeemer, finished in 1521.
I love the way he beautifully captured Christ firmly and almost joyfully embracing his cross.
St. Catherine of Sienna. Doctor of the Church. Patron saint of Italy (along with St. Francis of Assisi).
St Catherine died in Rome, on April 29th, 1380, at the age of thirty-three. She was buried in the cemetery of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, which lies near the Pantheon. After miracles were reported to take place at her grave, she was moved inside the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. The people of Siena wished to have St. Catherine's body. A story is told of a miracle whereby they were partially successful: Knowing that they could not smuggle her whole body out of Rome, they decided to take only her head which they placed in a bag. When stopped by the Roman guards, they prayed to St Catherine to help them, confident that she would rather have her body (or at least part thereof) in Siena. When they opened the bag to show the guards, it appeared no longer to hold her head but to be full of rose petals. Once they got back to Siena they reopened the bag and her head was visible once more. Due to this story, St Catherine is often seen holding a rose. The incorruptible head and thumb were entombed in the Basilica of San Domenico, where they remain.
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