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Santi Giovanni e Paolo is an ancient Basilica In Rome , located on the Celian Hill . The church was built in 398 , by will of Senator Pammachius, over the church of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under Terentianus in 362 . The church received thus the ''Titulus Pammachii'', and so it is recorded in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499 . The church was damaged during the Sack by Alaric (410) and because of an earthquake (442), restored by Pope Paschal I (824), Sacked Again by the Normans (1084), and again restored, with the further building of a monastery and a bell tower. The inside has three naves, with pillars joined to the original columns. The altar is built over a bath, which holds the remains of the two martyrs. Under the church some ancient Roman rooms, dating back to the 1st-4th century, were found in the 19th century. The Cardinal Priest of the ''Titulus Ss. Ioannis et Pauli'' is Edward Egan . Among previous Cardinal Priests, Pope Honorius III (1198). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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