Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, Minor basilica in Ponte, Rome, Italy.
Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine is a basilica and church in the Ponte district of Rome, near Piazza Navona. The facade presents two levels with Ionic columns below and Corinthian columns above, while the interior contains a single nave with side chapels along the walls.
Pope Hadrian I founded the church around 780 using building material from older Roman baths that once stood in this area. Basilian monks from the eastern Mediterranean served the parish during the first centuries of its existence.
The church name honors Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna, whose veneration spread through eastern monastic communities during medieval times. Inside, several chapels with altars and devotional images offer space for quiet prayer and personal reflection.
The church stands at 42 Via dei Pianellari in central Rome and serves as the station church for Thursday of the fifth week in Lent. Visitors can reach the basilica on foot from Piazza Navona or Corso Vittorio Emanuele II within a few minutes.
The future Pope Pius X received his episcopal consecration here in 1884, long before becoming head of the Catholic Church. Stefano Pozzi created a ceiling fresco in the 18th century that depicts the triumph of the church patron in heaven.
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