- Santa Passera
Santa Passera is a church of
Rome , lying opposite theBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls .The current church, erected in the ninth century, incorporated a Roman
tomb . The church served a small community of miners who worked in thetuff quarries of the nearby hills.The interior retains some remnants of medieval frescoes.
Name
There is no Saint Passera. Its name is a linguistic corruption of "Abbas Cyrus" ("Father Cyrus"), by way of "Abbaciro, Appaciro, Appacero, Pacero, Pacera", and finally "Passera". [http://www.romacivica.net/magliana/spassera.htm] This name is in reference to the Egyptian saints
Cyrus and John , whose relics were brought to Rome in the fifth century.External links
* [http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Vasi12.html Porta Portese]
*it icon [http://www.romacivica.net/magliana/spassera.htm La chiesa di Santa Passera]
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