San Crisogono
San Crisogono is remembered first for Chrysogonus, a Christian martyr martyred in Aquileia, buried there, and later publicly venerated—his cult eventually made its way to Rome. The church itself—known as Titulus Chrysogoni—shows up in the signatures of the Roman Synod of 499, tying this spot to early church life in a very direct way. In 314–335, it was established in the 4th century under Pope Sylvester I, and later Pope Gregory III restored it in 731, founding a monastery dedicated to Sancti Stephani, Laurentii et Chrysogoni. The building went through major rebuilds too: it was rebuilt in 1123 (by John of Crema) and again in 1626, when Giovanni Battista Soria worked on the structure, funded by Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Today, though, this is a memorial-only site—only a marker preserves the fact that the basilica once stood here. …
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