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.
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1. Santa Sabina
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2. Sant’Anselmo
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3. Santa Prisca
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4. Sant’Anastasia
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5. San Pietro in Vincoli
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6. Santa Maria Maggiore
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7. Santa Prassede
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8. Sant’Alfonso
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9. Sant’Antonio Abate
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10. Scala Santa
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11. Lateran Baptistry
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12. San Giovanni in Laterano
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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.
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14. Sant’Anna
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15. Saint Peter’s Basilica
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16. San Lorenzo in Piscibus
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17. Santo Spirito in Sassia
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18. Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo
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19. San Giovanni Battista
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20. Santi Celso e Giuliano
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21. San Salvatore in Lauro
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22. Santa Maria della Pace
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23. Santa Maria dell’Anima
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24. Sant’Agnese
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25. Sant’Agostino
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26. San Luigi
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27. Sant’Eustachio
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28. Santa Maria Maddalena
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29. Santa Maria in Aquiro
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30. Sant’Ignazio
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31. Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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32. Santa in via Lata
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33. San Marcello
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34. Santi Apostoli
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35. Santi Vincenzo e Anastasia
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36. Santa Maria in Trivio
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37. Santissimo Sacramento
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38. Santa Maria in Via
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39. San Claudio
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40. San Silvestro in Capite
Realized here that I made a possible crucial mistake, and had to back track to find more churches.
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41. San Francesco Saverio
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42. San Giovanni della Pigna
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43. Gesu
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44. Santissimo Sudario
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45. Sant’Andrea della Valle
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46. Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
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47. San Girolamo
Walked into 48 right at 7 PM, as most churches close.
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One to grow on. Chiesa Nuova