Art In Rome: Santa Dorotea

where: Via di Santa Dorotea, 23 Trastevere

getting there: short walk from the Porta Settimiana on Via della Lungara

open: mornings

Santa Dorotea in Trastevere was built on a place of worship dating to the 4th century.

The church was remodeled for the Jubilee year of 1500, at this time the relic of Saint Dorothy, patron saint of florists and gardeners, was placed under the high altar.

The church we see today is a from the final rebuilding in the mid 18th century. It was decorated in the late-Baroque style, with the ceiling fresco in the dome, sanctuary and nave dating to 1931.

At the high altar is the altarpiece by Michele Bucci from the 17th century. It shows saints Dorothy and Sylvester Venerating an Icon of Our Lady and surrounds an anonymous icon from the 16th century.

In the second chapel on the right is a painting from the 18th century by Lorenzo Gramiccia.

In the third chapel on the right is the altarpiece by Giorgio Gaspare von Prenner.

In the first chapel on the left is the 18th century altarpiece by Florentine painter, Vincenzo Meucci.