Santa Caterina dei Funari [SEP] named after
hence, the name of the church. Originally a small church dedicated to Santa Rosa di Viterbo was adjacent. The original church was a three-naved basilica, called "Santa Maria de Donna Rosa in Castro Aureo", named for the first time in 1192 in a document of Pope Celestine III. It was rebuilt in the 9th century with a single nave and dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria and later also called Santa Caterina dei Funari.
In 1534 Pope Paul III conceded this church to St. Ignatius of Loyola,
., University of California, Los Angeles 1992.
- "S. Caterina dei Funari, La storia del Monastero e della Chiesa," Rome, (booklet published by the Conservatorio di S. Caterina della Rosa).
External links.
- Rome: Santa Caterina dei Funari
- The façade of Santa Caterina dei Funari
- Chiesa di S. Caterina dei Funari