Saint Peregrin's Church
Saint Peregrin’s Church, or Chiesa di San Pellegrino in Vaticano, sits quietly along the Via dei Pellegrini as one of the oldest Roman Catholic places of worship in the Vatican City. The building is Romanesque in style and is dedicated to Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, a third‑century martyr traditionally linked to a papal era around the time of Pope Sixtus II. It’s believed to have been built around the year 800, during the long arc of early medieval Rome, and was first named San Pellegrino in Naumachia in reference to a nearby ancient naumachia associated with Trajan. In the seventeenth century, Pope Clement X entrusted the church to the Pontifical Swiss Guards, who used it for their religious services alongside Santi Martino e Sebastiano degli Svizzeri. From that period, it became known as Saint Peregrine of the Swiss and served as the national church for Switzerland in Rome. …
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