The stones of Rome still speak though only the most attentive can still hear the echoes of their voices
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The commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome! And even since, and now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden of the world, the home...
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O thou newcomer who seek’st Rome in Rome...
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Gesù 8 - The Chapel of St Francis Xavier
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This chapel holds part of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit Missionary who baptized hundreds of thousands
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Gesù 7 - The Chapel of the Madonna della Strada
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This beautiful chapel holds an ancient, 14th century fresco of “Mary of the Street”
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Gesù 6 - The Chapel of St. Ignatius
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Here we come to the Church’s masterpiece, the magnificent chapel and tomb of Ignatius of Loyola, flanked by two interesting works depicting what the Jesuits thought of the heretics
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The small chapel with a beautiful, realistic crucifix serves to reminds us what St Ignatius thought about suffering and the cross
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Gaulli’s magnificent fresco is deceptive and impressive but is also trying to tell a story
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How the Gesù serves as an expression of Jesuit spirituality
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In order to understand the art of the Gesù and in fact most of the churches in Rome, it is important to understand just what “Barqoue” art means and where it came from
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A quick introduction and overview of the Church of the Gesù
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Excerpt taken from “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, Canto the Fourth
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A brief and general introduction to the Roman Catacombs and their origin, significance, and meaning for us today.
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Poem by Oscar Wilde
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