(157/44) San Salvatore de Terrione in Vaticano San Pietro in Borgo

The church of San Pietro in Borgo is a church located near the Palace of the Holy Office in Vatican City, at Porta Cavalry. Located near the Vatican City, but in an Italian subject to extraterritoriality in favor of the Holy See.

Referred to in some historical docments as San Salvatore de Ossibus due to confusion with a similarly named mediaeval church, the ruins of which still exist in the Campo Santo Teutonic.

The church is of mediaeval origin and was most properly called "in Terrione", in reference to the towers of the adjacent Roman Porta Cavalleggeri, now no longer existing.

The oldest names date from the pontificate of Leo IV (847-855). A decree from the pope names the church as St. Salvatore in Terrione. The church appears again in the papal bulls of 1053, 1158 and 1186. The church was annexed by the Schola Francorum, or the hospice for Frankish pilgrims who came to Rome to visit the tomb of St Peter.

It was restored under Nicholas V (1447 - 1455), whose coat of arms is found in the church. Soon after the church was abandoned and the east end was demolished during the building of the Palace of the Holy Office.

The church was restored as a chapel in 1923 by the Knights of Columbus, then renovated at the expense of the Vatican Matrons of Ohio in 2011.

(157/44) It is now part of the Soup Kitchen (and shelter for homeless women), run by Mother Teresa's, Missionaries of Charity, opened in the 1980's by Pope John Paul II as a gift to Blessed Mother Teresa.

Inside there are frescoes from the 15th century, and especially the sixteenth century tablet that depicts the Madonna and Child.

Burials Francesco Cardinal BORGONGINI DUCA, (1884-1954) Alfredo Cardinal OTTAVIANI (1890-1979)

Location: Coordinates: 41° 54' 2" N 12° 27' 22" E

Links: http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/San_Pietro_in_Borgo http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Pietro_in_Borgo http://www.info.roma.it/monumenti_dettaglio.asp?ID_schede=1455 http://www.vatican-patrons.org/ohio-chapters-completed-project-san-salvatore-di-ossibus-1949

Last visited: March 2011