My annual tradition of visiting one church for each year on my birthday. This year I turn 47, which means I need to visit 47 churches. For some reason this gets harder and harder each year.
I never map out the churches, I just head out and see where I end up.
Here we go!
We started at 8 AM.
1. Santa Sabina
2. Sant’Anselmo
3. Santa Prisca
4. Sant’Anastasia
5. San Pietro in Vincoli
6. Santa Maria Maggiore
7. Santa Prassede
8. Sant’Alfonso
9. Sant’Antonio Abate
10. Scala Santa
11. Lateran Baptistry
12. San Giovanni in Laterano
13. Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Most churches close for lunch, so by 1 PM I only had 13 churches. Just need to get 34 more between 4 PM and 7 PM.
14. Sant’Anna
15. Saint Peter’s Basilica
16. San Lorenzo in Piscibus
17. Santo Spirito in Sassia
18. Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo
19. San Giovanni Battista
20. Santi Celso e Giuliano
21. San Salvatore in Lauro
22. Santa Maria della Pace
23. Santa Maria dell’Anima
24. Sant’Agnese
25. Sant’Agostino
26. San Luigi
27. Sant’Eustachio
28. Santa Maria Maddalena
29. Santa Maria in Aquiro
30. Sant’Ignazio
31. Santa Maria sopra Minerva
32. Santa in via Lata
33. San Marcello
34. Santi Apostoli
35. Santi Vincenzo e Anastasia
36. Santa Maria in Trivio
37. Santissimo Sacramento
38. Santa Maria in Via
39. San Claudio
40. San Silvestro in Capite
Realized here that I made a possible crucial mistake, and had to back track to find more churches.
41. San Francesco Saverio
42. San Giovanni della Pigna
43. Gesu
44. Santissimo Sudario
45. Sant’Andrea della Valle
46. Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
47. San Girolamo
Walked into 48 right at 7 PM, as most churches close.
One to grow on. Chiesa Nuova