Minor basilica · Rome, Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Santa Maria sopra Minerva is a minor basilica in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Mary. It is also a shrine, a place of pilgrimage. The Pope gives the title of basilica to churches of special importance for their history, their beauty, their relics or the pilgrims who come to them. It is one of 570 basilicas in Italy on CathoNav.
- Where
- Rome, Italy
- Dedicated to
- Mary
- Founded
- 1370
- Title
- Minor basilica
Holy places nearby
319 Catholic churches within 3 km. See them on the map
Saints buried here
- Saint Catherine of SienaItalian Dominican saint (1347-1380) · Feast 29 April
- Blessed Fra AngelicoItalian Early Renaissance painter · Feast 18 February
- Saint Robert BellarmineCatholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church · Feast 17 September
- Saint John BerchmansCatholic Jesuit saint · Feast 13 August
Further away
- PantheonBasilica · Rome, Italy · same place
- Sant'EustachioBasilica · Rome, Italy · same place
- Santa Maria in Via LataBasilica · Rome, Italy · same place
- Tomb of Saint Ignatius of LoyolaSaint’s tomb · Rome, Italy · 0.3 km
- Tomb of Saint Peter FaberSaint’s tomb · Rome, Italy · 0.3 km
- Tomb of Saint Joseph PignatelliSaint’s tomb · Rome, Italy · 0.3 km
- Basilica of St. Mark the EvangelistBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.4 km
- Tomb of Saint Abdon and SennenSaint’s tomb · Rome, Italy · 0.4 km
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- Basilica of San Vitale Ravenna
- Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi Assisi
- Basilica of Santa Croce Florence
- Santa Maria della Salute Venice
- Florence Baptistery Florence
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