San Giovanni in Oleo

San Giovanni in Oleo is a chapel adjacent to the church of in . It commemorates the place where, according to legend, in 92 AD, at the hands of the emperor Domitian, the apostle John was immersed in a vat of boiling oil from which he emerged unharmed.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Rome
  • Also known as: “Oratorio di San Giovanni in Oleo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porta Latina and Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas.

City gate
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The is a single-arched gate in the of ancient Rome.

Archaeological site
The is a 1st-century CE Roman , situated near the on the Via di Porta Latina, , Italy. It was discovered and excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana.

Church
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is a Basilica church in , , near the of the Aurelian Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Aventino-Testaccio.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of . Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.

Locality
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The , which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

San Giovanni in Oleo

Latitude
41.87661° or 41° 52′ 36″ north
Longitude
12.50214° or 12° 30′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FHJVGG2+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205000678
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1814304
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“San Giovanni in Oleo” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Dutch: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان جيوفانى فى اوليو”
  • French: “oratoire San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • French: “Oratoire San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • German: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Italian: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Portuguese: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Russian: “Сан-Джованни-ин-Олео”
  • Swedish: “San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Turkish: “Chiesa di San Giovanni in Oleo”
  • Turkish: “San Giovanni in Oleo Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан Джованні ін Олео”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Джованні-ін-Олео”

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