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San Gregorio Magno al Celio, also known as '''San Gregorio al Celio''' or simply '''San Gregorio''', is a Church In Rome . It is located on the Caelian Hill , in front of the Palatine . The church was erected in the Middle Ages over the house of Pope Gregory I , where he had an oratory, dedicated to St. Andrew , erected in 575 . The current edifice was built by Giovan Battista Soria in 1629 - 1633 ; Francesco Ferrari ( 1725 - 1734 ) designed the interior. The church is preceded by a wide staircase rising from the Via di San Gregorio, the street separating the Caelian from the Palatine. The façade, in its style and material ( ( 1511 ), but later it was replaced by the tomb of a 17th century clergyman. The church follows the typical basilican plan, a nave divided from two lateral aisles by 16 antique columns with pilasters. The decoration includes and pupils (1469). To the left of the church, tightly grouped in a garden, are three oratories commissioned by Cardinal '', where St. Gregory hosted dinner for the poor of Rome. The massive marble table is related to an ancient legend, according to which one day an angel presented to the Pope mocked as a poor man. The grounds of the oratories also include remains of the Agapetan library, as well as some substructures of the Roman imperial period, that may merely have been '' Taberna e'', but one of which exhibits striking features and is therefore thought by some experts to be an early Christian meeting place and baptismal pool. |