Pantheon in Rome

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The present building of the Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian, who built the mausoleum the Castel Sant'Angelo Angelo, between 118 and 125 A.D. and dedicated it to "Out of Heaven, or Astral. It's constructed according to various theologies, of course, pagan, from the oldest of the seven planets in the niches, to the most recent Hellenistic or the twelve gods. With the influence of the Etruscan religion was built at the cupola, a ball a hundred feet, that is 43.40 meters as the cosmic egg Etruscan, fitted with an "eye" central construed to prevent the entry into the temple of celestial influences.

The Pantheon (or the Rotunda is also known as the temple) was built in 27-25 BC by Marcus Agrippa, son and minister of Vespasian Augustus, and, as stated, then was rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian. The current name of the church "Santa Maria ad Martyres", dates back to 608-609 when the Byzantine Emperor Phocas gave the temple to Pope Boniface IV, who, without changing the original structure, transforming it and dedicated to the martyrs and their Regina.
Pope Urban VIII Barberini in 1632, used to make the bronzes of the porch canopy in St. Peter's Basilica.

Later, from 1747 to 1758, Paul Lay worked for the remaking of decorative marble interior of the drum, all these changes would not ever scratch the majestic beauty of this church that remains.
This station calls the faithful and newcomers to join all the martyrs, so in this embracing those who sacrificed their lives and suffered for the Christian faith ..
In ancient times the great period of its establishment baptismal ended, that is where he started at the Cathedral in San Giovanni in Laterano: Station vigil in the night between Saturday and Sunday of the octave of Easter, the newly baptized laid their white robes "deponendis after Easter. " On Sunday, for Easter, had "station"that the Pontifical Mass. But more than the deposition of white garment, which, in fact, did not last long and was removed when you called it is increasingly common for children, was the renewal of baptismal promises, which was done at San Pancrazio, already deemed a "defender" of oaths and promises.
This church is located on the Gianicolo and is dedicated all'invitto martyr Pancras, it is here that ends the cycle of the Roman stations celebrated with renewed splendor of rituals and uninterrupted contest of the faithful. Participates in the solemn ceremony here today, the Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum that joins the various colleges of the city and the various church youth groups of Catholic stational last procession in which, instead of the penitential prayers, festive sounds of the Alleluia Christian to signify the celebration of the Lord.
Today's ceremony is already mentioned in his time by St. Gregory of Tours, which tells how the citizens of Rome had access to the tomb of the martyr Pancras here in his church on the Gianicolo. (from: De Gloria Martyrum).




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