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San Crisogono
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An early 5th century church standing in the centre of Trastevere. Excavations have revealed much of the original church.
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San Marcello al Corso
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The original church was built in the early years of the 5th century on the site of the stables for the imperial post-horses, where Pope Marcellus was condemned to work by Diocletian, and where he died.
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Santa Sabina
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One of the loveliest and best preserved of Rome's early churches, Santa Sabina dates from ca 430. It stands in a quiet residential area on the Aventine Hill.
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San Lorenzo in Lucina
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This church was founded by Sixtus III in 435, evidently on the site of a pre-existing Christian building, since it was here that the supporters of Damasus met in 366 to elect him Pope.
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Santa Maria Maggiore
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Founded by Sixtus III very shortly after the declaration - at the Council of Ephesus in 431 - that Mary was the Mother of God. This was the first church in the west to bear this dedication.
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San Pietro in Vincoli
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Built by Pope Leo the Great about 450 to house the chains said to have bound St Peter in the Mamertine Prison.
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Santa Susanna
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Founded in the 5th century, the present church dates from the time of Leo III and Charlemagne.
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Santa Prasede
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An exquisite small church probably founded in the second half of the 5th century, and dedicated to the sister of Santa Pudenziana.
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Sant'Agatha dei Goti
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A private foundation by a Gothic general, Flavius Ricimer, for the Arian community in Rome, about 470. It was transferred to the Catholic community about 600.
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San Eusebio
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Founded not later than 474 just beside the Nimpheum of Alexander Severus, which marks the junction of the Via Tiburtina and the Via Praenestina.
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San Giovanni a Porta Latina
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A late 5th-century foundation which preserves much of its medieval form.
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Churches founded between the fall of Rome in 410 and the time of St Benedict (ca 500).
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