San Bartolomeo all'Isola
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The Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 998 by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and contains the putative relics of St. Barthol
Façade of San Bartolomeo all'Isola on the Tiber Island
Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with the Torre dei Caetani behind
Jerzy Popiełuszko
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Jerzy Aleksander Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Sec
San Bartolomeo all'Isola
…painted the icon on the main altar. One of the relics that are kept as part of the memorial is the piece of rock that was used in 1984 to kill Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko. San Bartolomeo all'Isola was established as a titular church, the titulus (Titulus S. Bartholomaei in Insula) of a cardinal priest by Pope Leo X on 6…
Jerzy Popieluszko
Popiełuszko meeting with workers at the Gdańsk Shipyard
Funeral (1984)
Coffin before burial