Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino
You’re in a spot that was once occupied by the Basilica of Saint Sabina—Latin Basilica Sanctae Sabinae, Italian Basilica di Santa Sabina all’Aventino—a Roman Catholic church tied to the Dominicans. The church was built between 422 and 432, and it was designed to preserve a simple, rectangular colonnaded plan with an apse in an early Christian style. It became especially famous for cypress-wood doors carved in AD 430–432, which included biblical scenes, including the first publicly displayed depiction of the Crucifixion with the two thieves. The story behind the name points to Sabina, a Roman matron said to have been beheaded in AD 126 under Emperor Hadrian, after she was converted by her servant Serapia, who was also beheaded. Later, Santa Sabina served as a titular minor basilica and stational church for Ash Wednesday, and its last cardinal priest was Jozef Tomko, holding the role until his death on 8 August 2022. …
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