| Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island | |
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| Basilica S. Bartholomaei in Insula | |
Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola | |
 Façade of San Bartolomeo all'Isola on theTiber Island | |
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| 41°53′25″N12°28′42″E / 41.89028°N 12.47833°E /41.89028; 12.47833 | |
| Location | Tiber Island,Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Tradition | Oriental rite |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Minor basilica, Rectory church, titular church |
| Dedication | Bartholomew the Apostle |
| Consecrated | 10th Century |
| Relics held | Bartholomew the Apostle, Adalbert of Prague, 20th century martyrs |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Romanesque,Baroque |
| Completed | 1644 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 45 metres (148 ft) |
| Width | 22 metres (72 ft) |
| Nave width | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Administration | |
| District | Lazio |
| Province | Rome |
| Clergy | |
| Cardinal protector | CardinalBlase Joseph Cupich[1] |
TheBasilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island (Italian:Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola,Latin:Basilica S. Bartholomaei in Insula) is atitularminor basilica, located inRome, Italy. It was founded in 998 byOtto III, Holy Roman Emperor and contains the putative relics of St.Bartholomew the Apostle.[2] It is located onTiber Island, on the site of the former temple ofAesculapius, which had cleansed the island of its former ill-repute among the Romans and established its reputation as a hospital, continuedunder Christian auspices today.
Itscardinal priest has been CardinalBlase Cupich since 19 November 2016.
InRoman times, theTemple of Aesculapius stood on the site of the modern church. The entireIsola Tiberina had actually been covered inmarble in an effort to make the island look like a ship. Theprow can still be seen today.[3]
Emperor Otto built this church over the temple's ruins on the eastern side (downstream end) of the island.[4] It was initially dedicated toAdalbert of Prague.
A portion of the relics of St. Bartholomew was given byOtto II to Rome in 983. Therelics were sent to Rome fromBenevento, where they had arrived in 838 fromLipari. They are located within an ancient Romanporphyry sarcophagus with lions' heads, under the main altar. The marble wellhead bears the figures of the Savior, Adalbert, Bartholomew, and Otto III. The association with Aesculapius, and therefore healing, in time caused Bartholomew's name to become associated with medicine and hospitals.[5]
The church was renovated byPope Paschal II in 1113 and again in 1180. The church was badly damaged by a flood in 1557 and was reconstructed, with its presentBaroque façade, in 1624, to designs ofOrazio Torriani[6] commissioned by Cardinal Trescio. Further restorations were undertaken in 1852. The interior of the church preserves fourteen ancient Roman columns and two lion supports that date from the earliest reconstruction of the basilica.
The inscriptions found in S. Bartolomeo, a valuable source illustrating the history of the Basilica, have been collected and published by Vincenzo Forcella.[7]
In 2000, San Bartolomeo was dedicated by PopeJohn Paul II to the memory of the newmartyrs of the 20th and 21st century.
In the center of the piazzetta before the church is a four-sidedguglia with saints in niches by the sculptorIgnazio Jacometti, erected here in 1869.[8]
The 12th-century tower near the church, theTorre deiCaetani, is all that remains of the medieval castello erected on the island by thePierleoni.
San Bartolomeo houses the memorial to newmartyrs of the 20th and 21st century, which was dedicated byPope John Paul II in 2000. This memorial is taken care of by theCommunity of Sant'Egidio, who also 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 BlessedJerzy Popiełuszko.[9]
San Bartolomeo all'Isola was established as a titular church, thetitulus (Titulus S. Bartholomaei in Insula) of acardinal priest by Pope Leo X on 6 July 1517.[10] The title is held by CardinalBlase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago.[11]
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, (1533–1543), (1547–1548), (1551–1555), (1555–1557), (1562–1568)
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(1721–1739), (1782–1799), (1803–1820), (1824–1832)
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, (1998–2015), (2016–Present)
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| Preceded by Santa Balbina | Landmarks of Rome San Bartolomeo all'Isola | Succeeded by Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio |
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