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CHAPTER XV.
From Piazza Navona to S. Girolamo della Carita
and S. Maria in Vallicella.
“Rome is truly rich in sacred monuments. Its very soil, so
often bedewed with martyrs’ blood shed for the Catholic faith ;
the treasures of the relics of countless Saints, which it conceals ;
its sanctuaries and shrines—present resistless attractions to the
fervent soul. The great founder of the Oratory, St. Philip,
never allowed a day to pass without rekindling, at these shrines,
the flames of divine love. Venerable Oliver Plunket seems to
have taken him for his model, and to have daily visited these
holy places with special ardour of devotion.”1
308.-S. GIACOMO DEI SPAGNUOLI-ST. JAMES OF
COMPOSTELLA IN PIAZZA NAVONA.
On the side of the square opposite to S. Agnese is the Church
of St. James of Compostella (S. Giacomo dei Spagnuoli),
formerly the national church of the Spaniards, but now the
property of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun.
It was built in the twelfth century by the Infante Don Enrique,
son of Ferdinand HI of Spain.
Piazza, writing about 1670, speaks of the interior as exceed-
ingly rich. Unfortunately the more valuable monuments were
removed, and the church was closed and left in a ruined state
from 1798 to 1879, in which latter year it was purchased from
the Spanish Government by the Fathers of Issoudun.
St. Francis Borgia preached in this church, and St. Charles
Borromeo was among his hearers.
Attached to the church was a hospital and home for Spanish
pilgrims, where St. Ignatius of Loyola is believed to have
stopped during his first visit to Rome in 1523, when on his way
from Manresa to Palestine.
The large fountain in the centre of the square (Piazza
1 Moran, Life of Venerable Oliver Plunket, p. 21.
From Piazza Navona to S. Girolamo della Carita
and S. Maria in Vallicella.
“Rome is truly rich in sacred monuments. Its very soil, so
often bedewed with martyrs’ blood shed for the Catholic faith ;
the treasures of the relics of countless Saints, which it conceals ;
its sanctuaries and shrines—present resistless attractions to the
fervent soul. The great founder of the Oratory, St. Philip,
never allowed a day to pass without rekindling, at these shrines,
the flames of divine love. Venerable Oliver Plunket seems to
have taken him for his model, and to have daily visited these
holy places with special ardour of devotion.”1
308.-S. GIACOMO DEI SPAGNUOLI-ST. JAMES OF
COMPOSTELLA IN PIAZZA NAVONA.
On the side of the square opposite to S. Agnese is the Church
of St. James of Compostella (S. Giacomo dei Spagnuoli),
formerly the national church of the Spaniards, but now the
property of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun.
It was built in the twelfth century by the Infante Don Enrique,
son of Ferdinand HI of Spain.
Piazza, writing about 1670, speaks of the interior as exceed-
ingly rich. Unfortunately the more valuable monuments were
removed, and the church was closed and left in a ruined state
from 1798 to 1879, in which latter year it was purchased from
the Spanish Government by the Fathers of Issoudun.
St. Francis Borgia preached in this church, and St. Charles
Borromeo was among his hearers.
Attached to the church was a hospital and home for Spanish
pilgrims, where St. Ignatius of Loyola is believed to have
stopped during his first visit to Rome in 1523, when on his way
from Manresa to Palestine.
The large fountain in the centre of the square (Piazza
1 Moran, Life of Venerable Oliver Plunket, p. 21.