Santa Susanna Rome, Historic Baroque Church Building, Carlo Maderno Design, Architect, Image
Santa Suzanna : Roma Architettura
Roman Religious Building, Italy – Baroque architecture design by Carlo Maderno Architect
post updated 17 July 2021
Santa Suzanna Roma
Chiesa di Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano
Date built: 1603
Design: Carlo Maderno
The Church of Saint Susanna at the Baths of Diocletian is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Quirinal Hill. There has been a titular church associated to its site as far back as A.D. 280.
The current church was rebuilt from 1585 to 1603 for a monastery of Cistercian nuns founded on the site in 1587, which still exists there.
The church served as the national parish for residents of Rome from the United States from 1921 to 2017. During this period it was assigned to the care of the Paulist Fathers, a society of priests founded in the United States.
According to tradition, the structure became a church around 330, under Emperor Constantine I, when the basilicas of numerous house churches came to be adapted for liturgical use. The basilica was T-shaped with a central nave with twelve columns on each side, flanked by side aisles.
Adjacent Buildings:
Santa Maria di Vittorio
photograph © Adrian Welch
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
photograph © Adrian Welch
Santa Suzanna building images © Adrian Welch : available upon request: photos 2816×2112 pixels
Address: Via Venti Settembre, 14, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
Phone: +39 06 4201 3734
Location: Rome, Italy, southern Europe
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