Station days
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Station days were days of fasting in the early Christian Church, associated with a procession to certain prescribed churches in Rome, where the Mass and Vespers would be celebrated to mark important d
Gregory the Great set the classic order of churches for the Lenten station days in the sixth century. (The Procession of Saint Gregory to the Castle Sant'Angelo, c. 1465.)
Popes since John XXIII have revived the practice of visiting the station for Ash Wednesday, Santa Sabina all'Aventino.
Santa Maria in Via Lata
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Santa Maria in Via Lata is a church on the Via del Corso, in Rome, Italy. It stands diagonal from the church of San Marcello al Corso. It is the stational church for Tuesday in the fifth week of lent.
Station days
…e Martino Ss. Vito e Modesto S. Eusebio S. Angelo in Pescheria S. Nicola in Carcere V S. Pietro in Vaticano S. Giorgio in Velabro S. Crisogono None S. Maria in Via Lata S. Marco S. Marcello al Corso S. Maria in Via Lata S. Apollinare Ss. Giovanni e Paolo S. Stefano Rotondo S. Sisto Vecchio S. Giovanni a P. Latina HW…
Facade by Pietro da Cortona
Engraving by Giuseppe Vasi of the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj and Santa Maria in Via Lata, mid-18th century