San Vincenzo de Paoli all'Aventino, Gothic Revival church on Aventine Hill, Rome, Italy
San Vincenzo de Paoli all'Aventino is a church on via di Santa Maria in Cosmedin in the Ripa rione, at the foot of the Aventine. Its facade has tall travertine pilasters and is reached by a double staircase; a single portal flanked by columns is topped by three windows, a dedicatory plaque naming Pope Leo XIII and a rose window. Inside, three naves are divided by marble columns, and the apse holds large stained-glass windows depicting the life of the religious order and of Saint Vincent de Paul.
The church was built in 1893 to a design by Andrea Busiri Vici and belongs to the adjoining convent of the Sisters of Charity of Jeanne-Antide Thouret. It stands in the Ripa rione, on via di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, on the Aventine. The dedication is to Saint Vincent de Paul, whose name the adjoining religious institute also bears.
The church is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul, and its apse windows depict scenes from his life and from the history of the religious order. The building belongs to the adjoining convent of the Sisters of Charity of Jeanne-Antide Thouret, whose founder is honoured in the same windows.
The church stands on via di Santa Maria in Cosmedin in the Ripa rione, on the Aventine side of Rome. A double staircase leads up to the single portal, so the entrance is reached by steps rather than a level path. Inside, three naves divided by marble columns make the layout easy to follow toward the apse.
The church belongs to the adjoining convent of the Sisters of Charity of Jeanne-Antide Thouret, the congregation founded by the woman canonized in 1934. The dedication plaque above the portal names the reigning pope at the time of construction, Leo XIII, rather than the saint.
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