Basilica of Saint Augustine in Campo Marzio
You’ve landed at Sant’Agostino, officially the Basilica of Saint Augustine of Hippo in Campo Marzio—a Roman Catholic titular church that’s also the motherhouse of the Order of Saint Augustine. The story starts here early: a church on this site was built in 700 A.D., originally dedicated to the martyr Saint Tryphon of Campsada. Then the Augustinians move closer to power. In 1286, the Roman nobleman Egidio Lufredi donates land to the friars, and in 1287 Pope Honorius IV grants the St. Tryphon in Posterula Church to the Order. The first substantial structure comes together later under Pope Boniface VIII, with construction running from 1296 to 1446. What you see now—the Renaissance basilica—begins in 1479, commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV, designed by Baccio Pontelli, and completed in 1483. Even the façade uses travertine salvaged from the Colosseum. …
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