Saint Peregrin’s Church
The Church of San Pellegrino in Vaticano is an ancient Roman Catholic oratory in the Vatican City, located on the Via dei Pellegrini. The church is dedicated to Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, a Roman priest appointed by Pope Sixtus II who had suffered martyrdom in Gaul in the third century.Photo: Pufui PcPifpef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Vatican City
- Also known as: “San Pellegrino in Vaticano”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vatican Library and Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Vatican Library
Library
Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.
The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. Vatican Library is situated 170 metres west of Saint Peregrin’s Church.
Saint Peter’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. Saint Peter’s Basilica is situated 420 metres southwest of Saint Peregrin’s Church.
Sistine Chapel
Church
Photo: Snowdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Sistine Chapel is situated 310 metres southwest of Saint Peregrin’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.
Vatican
Photo: Michelangelo, Public domain.
Vatican City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within Rome is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.
Old Rome
Old Rome is the historic medieval and renaissance center of Rome. While the oldest section of Rome is at the Forum, and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, Old Rome remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.
Saint Peregrin’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90497° or 41° 54′ 18″ northLongitude
12.45702° or 12° 27′ 25″ eastInception
8th centuryOpen location code
8FHJWF34+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 111996197OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q3671583
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Saint Peregrin’s Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡聖沛黎洛教堂”
- Dutch: “San Pellegrino in Vaticano”
- French: “église San Pellegrino”
- French: “Église San Pellegrino”
- Indonesian: “San Pellegrino in Vaticano”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Pellegrino (Città del Vaticano)”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Pellegrino in Naumachia”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Pellegrino in Vaticano”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Pellegrino”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Peregrino no Vaticano”
- Portuguese: “San Pellegrino in Vaticano”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Перегрина”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Peregrino”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Peregrino”
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Highlights include Barracks of the Vatican Gendarme Corps and Cortile del Belvedere.
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