Tuesday’s Station Church was built by Pope Saint Damasus over his home, so his name gets put into the church’s title. Damasus is buried here as well, under the high altar designed by Bernini.
The late 300’s are of course a long time ago, so remodelings and rebuildings have shifted the church: most notably in the 1484 construction of the Palazzo Cancelleria, which is still Vatican property today with a whole houseful of important offices packed inside.
This gives the church all sorts of notable aspects, so that even the side altars are quite ornate.
Or the sacristy:
After Mass another student mentioned studying this palace in architecture class. Of note, she said, were the ‘unbroken string courses’ in the courtyard.
If you were hungry you might be disappointed to learn that does not refer to an all-you-can-eat spaghetti buffet, but to the horizontal lines that run between the floors.
Two years ago we brought you the flying skeleton, this year we have the still partially hair covered skull.
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