Chiesa di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

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  • Address
    Piazza di Santa Croce 12, San Giovanni
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  • Phone
    06 701 47 69
  • Transport
    bus: Piazza di Porta Maggiore

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One of Rome's seven pilgrimage churches, the Chiesa di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme was founded in 320 by St Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine. It takes its name from the Christian relics, including a piece of Christ's cross and St Thomas' doubting finger, that St Helena brought to Rome from Jerusalem. The relics are housed in a chapel at the end of the left-hand aisle.

The bell tower was added in 1144; the façade and oval vestibule in 1744. The frescoes in the apse date from the 15th century and represent the legends of the Cross.