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Santa Maria Antiqua (Church : Rome, Italy)

LC control no.nr 94012895
Corporate name headingSanta Maria Antiqua (Church : Rome, Italy)
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Variant(s)S. Maria Antiqua (Church : Rome, Italy)
Santa Maria Liberatrice (Church : Rome, Italy)
Rome (Italy). Santa Maria Antiqua (Church)
Found inChristian corner in the Roman Forum [MI] 1901: t.p. (S. Maria Antiqua) p. 6 (Santa Maria Antiqua)
Rome and environs, 1989: p. 84 (Santa Maria Antiqua (closed indefinitely) the oldest and most important Christian building in the Forum. A series of disasters (earthquates and landslides) damaged the building. It was rebuilt completely by Leo IV (847-855). Rebuilt again in the 12th century and renamed Santa Maria Liberatrice. In 1702 a restoration brought to light the remains of the original church, and in 1901-2 Santa Maria Liberatrice, by the time entirely modernized, was pulled down)