CHIESA DI SANTA BIBIANA

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Via Giovanni Giolitti 154, 00185 Roma - Colle Esquilino / Collis Esquilinus · Esquilino, ,

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Historic Religious Building

Santa Bibiana is a small church in Rome, devoted to St Bibiana. It was initially built by Pope Simplicius, and consecrated in 467. The church houses a statue of the titular saint, designed by Bernini (1626).

The bodies of St Bibiana (Viviana or Vibiana), her mother Dafrosa and her sister Demetria where discovered inside a 3rd century sarcophagus, and now rest inside an alabaster urn under the major altar.

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CHIESA DI SANTA BIBIANA

Via Giovanni Giolitti 154
00185 Roma - Colle Esquilino / Collis Esquilinus · Esquilino,
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Tel: +39(0)6 446 10 21

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CHIESA DI SANTA BIBIANA, Via Giovanni Giolitti 154, 00185 Roma - Colle Esquilino / Collis Esquilinus · Esquilino, District: ,

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