Santa Francesca Romana
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Santa Francesca Romana, previously known as Santa Maria Nova, is a Catholic church situated next to the Roman Forum in the rione Campitelli in Rome, Italy.
Travertine façade (1615) and 12th-century Romanesque bell-tower
Nave
Madonna Glykophilousa
Apse mosaic, altar, confessio
Simon Magus
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Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after
Santa Francesca Romana
…under Pope Paul I in the portico of the former Temple of Venus and Roma. Tradition holds that at this site Saint Peter prayed at the site to challenge Simon Magus. According to this legend, Simon Magus wanted to prove his pagan powers were greater than those of the apostles, and started levitating in front of…
Relief of Simon Magus at the gate of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
Peter's conflict with Simon Magus by Avanzino Nucci, 1620. Simon is on the right, wearing black.
Detail from The Fall of Simon Magus by Jan Rombouts the Elder, 16th century.
Illustration of the Simonian philosophy