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The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere is one of the oldest Churches In Rome , perhaps the first in which mass was openly celebrated. It stands in Trastevere '' Rione ''. It is believed to be the first church in Rome to be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary , at its rebuilding in the 12th century. are attributed to Pietro Cavallini .]] The predecessor of the present church was probably built in the early Fourth Century although that church was the successor to one of the '' Tituli '', those Early Christian Basilica s that were ascribed to a patron and perhaps literally ''inscribed'' with his name. Though nothing remains to establish with certainty where any of the public Christian edifices of Rome before the time of Constantine The Great were situated, the basilica on this site was known as ''Titulus Callisti'', since a legend in the '' Liber Pontificalis '' ascribed the earliest church here to a foundation by Pope Callixtus I (died 222), whose remains, translated to the new structure, are preserved under the Altar . The present Nave of this Romanesque church, rebuilt by Pope Innocent II (1138 –1148) and rededicated to the Virgin Mary, preserves its original basilica plan and stands on the earlier foundations. The 22 granite columns with Ionic Capitals that separate the nave from the aisles came from the ruins of an ancient Roman building, as did the lintel of the entrance door. Inside the church are a number of late 13th-century mosaics by Pietro Cavallini on the subject of the ''Life of the Virgin'' (1291) centering on a "Corontation of the Virgin" in the apse. Domenichino 's octagonal ceiling painting, ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1617) fits in the coffered ceiling setting he designed. The façade of the church was restored by Carlo Fontana in 1702 , who replaced the ancient porch with a sloping tiled roof— seen in Falda's view (''upper right'')— with the present classicizing one (''below right''). The octagonal fountain in the piazza in front of the church (Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere), which already appears in a map of 1472 {Link without Title} , was also restored by Carlo Fontana. The church keeps a relic of Saint Apollonia , her head, as well as a portion of the Holy Sponge . Among those buried in the church, are the relics of Pope Callixtus I and the body of Lorenzo Cardinal Campeggio . The ''titulus'' According to Roman Catholic teaching, the ''titulus S. Mariae'' was established by , the Roman Church teaches, would have been Saint Calepodius . Pope Calixtus I confirmed the ''titulus'' in 221 ; to honor him it was changed into ''Ss. Callisti et Iuliani''; it was renamed ''S. Mariae trans Tiberim'' by Innocent II. By the 12th century cardinal deacons as well as the presbyters had long been dispensed from personal service at the ''tituli''. Among the past Cardinal Priest s holding the honorary ''titulus'' of Santa Maria in Trastevere, have been Cardinal Duke Of York and Pope Leo XII . Józef Glemp is the current Cardinal Priest of the ''Titulus S. Mariae trans Tiberim''. References External links
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