List of ecclesiastical basilicas in Rome
The following is a list of Basilicas in Rome. An ecclesiastical basilica is a Roman Catholic church building which has been granted special status by the Pope. There are 66 such churches in Rome, more than any other city,[1] and more than 125 of the 131 countries in the world that have basilicas.[2]
Major Basilicas in Rome
There are four major basilicas of the Catholic Church: All four are in Rome, and are distinguished by their having a holy door and for being prescribed as destinations for visits as one of the conditions for gaining the Roman Jubilee. They are also signified by an Umbraculum (a baldachin resembling an umbrella, made of cloth of gold and red velvet) and a Tintinnabulum (a small bell mounted on a pole). The four are also designated Papal basilicas, so that only the Pope or his delegate may celebrate Mass at the high altar.
| Basilica | Municipality | Year of creation | number (per source.[3]) |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Giovanni in Laterano | Municipio I | ancient | 1 |  . |
| San Pietro in Vaticano | Vatican City | ancient | 2 |  . |
| San Paolo fuori le Mura | Municipio VIII | ancient | 3 |  . |
| Santa Maria Maggiore | Municipio I | ancient | 4 |  . |
Minor papal basilicas
Several minor basilicas are also designated as papal basilicas; there is one such in Rome,
| Basilica | Municipality | Year of creation | number (per source.[3]) |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo fuori le Mura | Municipio II | ancient | 5 |  . |
Minor basilicas
A minor basilica is a church designated as such by apostolic grant (or from immemorial custom) as an outstanding centre of pastoral and liturgical excellence. They are often also sites of pilgrimage. Minor basilicas are also marked by the tintinnabulum and umbraculum, though for a minor basilica this is of yellow and red silk.
| Basilica | Municipality | Year of creation | number (per source.[3]) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo in Via Aurelia | Municipio XIII | 1991 | 487 |
| Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re | Municipio I | 1965 | 393 |
| Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio | Municipio I | 1921 | 187 |
| Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli | Municipio II | 1959 | 357 |
| Sant'Agnese fuori le mura | Municipio II | ancient | 12 |
| Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio | Municipio I | 1999 | 521 |
| Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso | Municipio I | 1929 | 227 |
| Sant'Anastasia al Palatino | Municipio I | ancient | 13 |
| Sant'Andrea delle Fratte | Municipio I | 1942 | 258 |
| Sant'Andrea della Valle | Municipio I | 1965 | 399 |
| Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana | Municipio I | 1931 | 232 |
| Sant'Apollinare alle Terme | Municipio I | 1984 | 466 |
| Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo | Municipio IX | 1967 | 403 |
| Santa Balbina all'Aventino | Municipio I | ancient | 14 |
| San Bartolomeo Apostolo all'Isola | Municipio I | ancient | 15 |
| Santi Bonifacio e Alessio | Municipio I | ancient | 16 |
| San Camillo de Lellis | Municipio I | 1965 | 392 |
| Santa Cecilia in Trastevere | Municipio I | ancient | 17 |
| Santi Celso e Giuliano | Municipio I | ancient | 18 |
| San Clemente al Laterano | Municipio I | ancient | 19 |
| Santi Cosma e Damiano in Via Sacra | Municipio I | ancient | 20 |
| San Crisogono in Trastevere | Municipio I | ancient | 21 |
| Santa Croce in Gerusalemme | Municipio I | ancient | 22 |
| Santa Croce in Via Flaminia | Municipio II | 1964 | 387 |
| Santi Dodici Apostoli | Municipio I | ancient | 23 |
| San Eugenio | Municipio II | 1951 | 306 |
| San Eustachio | Municipio I | ancient | 24 |
| San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini | Municipio I | 1918 | 181 |
| San Giovanni Bosco | Municipio VII | 1965 | 394 |
| Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio | Municipio I | ancient | 25 |
| San Giuseppe al Trionfale | Municipio XIII | 1970 | 404 |
| San Lorenzo in Damaso | Municipio I | ancient | 26 |
| San Lorenzo in Lucina | Municipio I | 1908 | 160 |
| San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio | Municipio I | ancient | 27 |
| Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri | Municipio I | 1920 | 186 |
| Santa Maria in Aracoeli | Municipio I | ancient | 30 |
| Santa Maria Ausiliatrice | Municipio VIII | 1969 | 407 |
| Santa Maria in Cosmedin | Municipio I | ancient | 31 |
| Santa Maria ad Martyres in Campo (Pantheon) | Municipio I | ancient | 28 |
| Santa Maria sopra Minerva | Municipio I | ancient | 35 |
| Santa Maria in Montesanto | Municipio I | 1825 | 126 |
| Santa Maria Nova (Santa Francesca Romana) | Municipio I | ancient | 34 |
| Santa Maria del Popolo | Municipio I | ancient | 29 |
| Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola | Municipio IX | 1984 | 467 |
| Santa Maria in Trastevere | Municipio I | ancient | 32 |
| Santa Maria in Via Lata | Municipio I | ancient | 33 |
| San Martino ai Monti | Municipio I | ancient | 26 |
| San Nicola in Carcere | Municipio I | ancient | 37 |
| San Pancrazio | Municipio XII | ancient | 38 |
| San Pietro in Vincoli | Municipio I | ancient | 39 |
| Santa Prassede all'Esquilino | Municipio I | ancient | 40 |
| Santa Pudenziana al Viminale | Municipio I | ancient | 41 |
| Santi Quattro Coronati al Laterano | Municipio I | ancient | 42 |
| San Saba | Municipio I | ancient | 43 |
| Santa Sabina all'Aventino | Municipio I | ancient | 44 |
| San Sebastiano fuori le mura | Municipio VIII | ancient | 45 |
| San Sisto Vecchio in Via Appia | Municipio I | ancient | 46 |
| Santa Sofia | Municipio XIII | 1998 | 508 |
| Santo Stefano Rotondo | Municipio I | ancient | 47 |
| Santa Teresa d'Avila | Municipio I | 1951 | 309 |
| Santi Vitale e Compagni Martiri in Fovea | Municipio I | ancient | 48 |
References
- Back to citation The city with the next largest number after Rome is Buenos Aires, with 15 (See here)
- Back to citation Only Germany (73), USA (74), Spain (108), Poland (125), France (169) and Italy itself (543) have more basilicas than the city of Rome. See here)
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Back to citation occurrence 3.2 List of basilicas in Italy at gcatholic.org
Bibliography
- List of all Minor Basilicas from GCatholic