San Giorgio in Velabro
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jul 26, 2020 12:53 PM
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History
A church dedicated to St. George located in Rome's Velabrum. Legend connects the church's location with the spot where the Roman she wolf found the abandoned twins, Romulus and Remus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/934591703
41.8896088482, 12.4831624437
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of San Giorgio in Velabro (AD 300 - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- San Giorgio in Velabro (Italian, modern)
- San Giorgio in Velabro located at Roma (AD 300 - Present)
- San Giorgio in Velabro part of (physical/topographic) Velabrum (unspecified date range)
- Arcus Argentariorum abuts San Giorgio in Velabro (unspecified date range)
church
Pleiades
The church is located in the rione Ripa of modern Rome. The Arch of the Argentarii is adjacent to the church building. The origins of the current structure belong to the seventh century under Pope Leo II.
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'San Giorgio in Velabro: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/934591703> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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