Santi Giovanni e Paolo

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Facade of the basilica.

Santi Giovanni e Paolo is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Celian Hill.

A fresco in the Roman rooms.

The church was built in 398, by will of senator Pammachius, over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under Julian in 362. The church received thus the Titulus Pammachii, and so it is recorded in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499.

The church was damaged during the sack by Alaric (410) and because of an earthquake (442), restored by Pope Paschal I (824), sacked again by the Normans (1084), and again restored, with the further building of a monastery and a bell tower.

The inside has three naves, with pillars joined to the original columns. The altar is built over a bath, which holds the remains of the two martyrs.

Under the church some ancient Roman rooms, dating back to the 1st-4th century, were found in the 19th century.

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus Ss. Ioannis et Pauli is Edward Egan. Among previous Cardinal Priests, Pope Honorius III (1198) and Pope Pius XII (1929).