. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . pparently the occasion of the fatal mistake made by Justin andrepeated by 1 Liberpont., I, 465, Paulus I., No. 261: In via sacra iuxta templum Romae. Forthe mosaic of John VII., see Garrucci, Arte crist., 4, PI. 282, No. 1. 2 Panciroli, Tesori nascosti di Roma (Roma, 1625), p. 104. But compare also lat, VI., No. 1663 (Signorili), regarding an ancient marble pedestal. 3 Dp: Rossi, Bullett. archeol. crist, 1867, p. 70: Delia memoria topografica del siloove cadde Simone? &c. The Semo Sanctis inscription, found on the Tib
. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . pparently the occasion of the fatal mistake made by Justin andrepeated by 1 Liberpont., I, 465, Paulus I., No. 261: In via sacra iuxta templum Romae. Forthe mosaic of John VII., see Garrucci, Arte crist., 4, PI. 282, No. 1. 2 Panciroli, Tesori nascosti di Roma (Roma, 1625), p. 104. But compare also lat, VI., No. 1663 (Signorili), regarding an ancient marble pedestal. 3 Dp: Rossi, Bullett. archeol. crist, 1867, p. 70: Delia memoria topografica del siloove cadde Simone? &c. The Semo Sanctis inscription, found on the Tiber island in July1574, is in the Corp. inscr. lat., VI., No. 567. This god had another very ancient shrineon the Quirinal, on ground now occupied by the church of San Silvestro. The adjacentPorta Sanqualis derived its name from this. We have two inscriptions from this spot:one found during Baroniuss lifetime, beginning with the words Sanco sancto Semo{n).deo, in the Corp. inscr. lat., VI., No. 568; the other, only known since 1880, commencing:!. no. i6i] SIMON MAGUS 231 Later on we shall see that the historical tradition about SimonPeters stay in Rome is quite independent of the myth concerningSimon Magus. We mentioned the latter here only to explainthe so-called church of St. Peter on the Forum. As has beenalready stated, no real historical connection between this spot andSt. Peter can be traced in any The huge and majestic ruins of the Basilica of Constantine,also called Basilica Nova, rise beside the former Temple ofRoma. The open galleries, towering towards heaven, thoughforming but a third of the ancient building, are still the grandestgroup of early Roman remains on the Forum. At the west endof the vast hall, in front of the terminal apse of the central nave,was placed a huge marble statue representing Constantine remains, found in the neighbourhood in 1490, are now in thecourtyard of the Curators palace at the In the fifthand sixth century,
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