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Rome Mass Times
NEAR ST. PETER'S:
S. Pietro (St. Peter’s)
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Daily Mass: 7, 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17
Sunday Mass: 9, 10:30, 11:30, 12:15, 13, 16, 17:45 (Vespers at 17)
Chiese Parr Sacro Cuore Del Suffragio
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 10, 19
Sunday Mass: 8, 10:30, 12, 19
Where: on the Lungoteverre, just east of Castel S’Angelo
What: Beautiful Gothic church. Home to a charismatic parish.
NEAR BERNARDI:
Cristo Re
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Daily Mass: 7, 7:45, 10, 19 (w/ Adoration)
Where: Several blocks from Bernardi, Viale Mazzini
S. Maria del Popolo
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 10, 18:30
Where: 12 Piazza del Popolo… near Flaminio Metro stop
What: Contains two very famous Caravaggio originals
S. Maria dei Miracoli
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 12, 19
Where: 528 Via del Corso / Piazza del Popolo
BETWEEN PIAZZA DEL POPOLO AND THE ANGELICUM:
S. Andrea delle Fratte
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Daily Mass: 7, 7:30, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19
Where: 1 Via Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, at the top of the Spanish Steps.
What: Masses often in French
S. Vincenzo e Anastasio
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Daily Mass: 8, 18:30
Where: Piazza di Trevi, Trevi Fountain – the steps are always filled with tourists
Chiesa di Gesu e Maria
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Daily Mass: 11, 18
Sunday: 10 in Latin
Where: 45 Via del Corso (not too far from Piazza del Popolo)
San Marcello al Corso
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Daily Mass: 7:45, 18
Sunday Mass: 9:30, 11, 18
Where: Via del Corso, near Piazza Venezia
BETWEEN SAINT MARY MAJOR AND SAINT JOHN LATERAN:
S. Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major)
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18
Where: 42 Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Down Via Panisperna from the Angelicum
What: One of the four major Basilicas. Lots of times for confessions available (even in English)
S. Giovanni Laterano (St. John Lateran)
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18
Where: Piazza di San Giovanni Laterano
What: One of the four major Basilicas. The Cathedral of Rome. Incredible statues of the 12 apostles along the nave.
Scala Santa (Sacred Stairs)
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Daily Mass: 6:30, 7, 9, 10, 17:30
Sunday Mass: 7:30, 8:30, 10, 11:30, 17:30
Where: Across the street from St. John Lateran to the north
What: Masses held in Sanctuary at the top of the Sacred Stairs climbed by pilgrims to Rome on their knees
San Clemente
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Daily Mass: 8, 18:30
Where: Via di San Giovanni in Laterano / Piazza San Clemente Between the Colosseum and St. John Lateran
What: Present Church sits on top of a 4th Century church which sits on top of an ancient Roman palace and Mithraeum. 5 euro to see the excavations, but worth it.
S. Alfonso di Liguori or Santa Maria di Perpetuo Soccorso
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Daily Mass: 7, 9, 18:30
Where: Via Merulana 31, just south of Maria Maggiore near the Vittorio Metro stop
What: Church with original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
AROUND THE ANGELICUM:
S. Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains)
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Daily Mass: 8, 12
Sunday: 17(Sat.), 8, 11
Where: 4/a Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli, up a flight of steps through an archway off Via Cavour
What: houses the chains used to bind St. Peter in prison in Rome, see Acts 12, 7, Also Michelangelo’s Moses
S. Maria ai Monti
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 9, 19
Sunday Mass: 9, 11, 12:15, 19
Where: Via die Serpenti, at the bottom of the hill, near Via Cavour.
S.S. Apostoli
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 8, 9, 18:30
Sunday: 9, 10:30, 12, 18:30
Where: Piazza S.S. Apostoli, One block east of Via del Corso and one block north of Corso Vittorio Emmaneuelle II, near Piazza Venezia
S. Maria di Loretto
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Daily: 17
Where: 26 Piazza Madonna di Loreto, Across from Trajan’s Forum, near Piazza Venezia
S. Marco
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 19:30
Sunday Mass: 12, 19
Where: W side of Piazza Venezia
What: Traditionally held to be site where St. Mark wrote his Gospel
SS. Vitale
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Daily Mass: 8, 18:30
Sunday Mass: 8:30, 11:30, 18:30
Where: Via Nazionale, ~ 3 blocks away from Angelicum, below street level.
S. Carlino alle Quattro Fontane
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Daily Mass: 19
Sunday Mass: 11
Where: Via del Quirinale and Via d. Quattro Fontane
S. Maria degli Angeli
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Daily Mass: 8, 12:30, 18
Where: 9 Via Cernale (Piazza della Repubblica)
Santa Susanna
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Daily Mass: 18
Where: Near Piazza Repubblica, 14 Via XX Settembre (Piazza San Bernardo)
What: American National Church. Masses in English.
S. Maria della Vittoria
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 18:30
Where: Near Piazza Repubblica, 17 Via XX Settembre (Across the street from Santa Susanna)
In the Centro Storico (Between Via del Corso and the Tiber):
Chiesa del Gesu (The Gesu)
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12:30, 19
Sunday Mass: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19
Where: 16 Via degli Astalli / Piazza del Gesù, off of Via Plebiscita or Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle II
What: S. Ignatius of Loyola (his tomb currently is under renovation) and the right arm of S. Francis Xavier can be found here. Also a great place for confessions all day.
S. Ignazio
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Daily Mass: 8, 11:30, 18
Sunday Mass: 8, 11:30, 18
Where: Piazza San Ignazio, halfway between Pantheon (take Via Seminario) and Via del Corso (take Via Caravita)
What: Jesuit church, Tombs of Aloysius Gonzaga and Robert Bellarmine, Often hosts concerts, beautiful Piazza in front.
S. Agostino
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Daily Mass: 8, 18:30
Sunday Mass: 8, 10, 12, 18:30
Where: Via di S. Agostino, ~2 blocks NE of Piazza Navona
What: Tomb of St. Monica and an excellent Caravaggio
San Salvatore in Ladro
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Daily Mass: 18
Sunday Mass: 8:30, 10, 12:15, 18, 20
Where: Very near S. Agostino
Chiesa S. Rocco
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Daily Mass: 7:40, 8:30, 17:30, 19:15
Sunday Mass: 9, 10, 11, 12, 17:30, 19:15
Where: Via di Ripetta, across from the Ara Pacis Augustae and Ponte Cavour
S. Lorenzo in Lucina
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Daily Mass: 11, 18, 19
Sunday Mass: 10, 11, 12, 18, 19
Where: Piazza San Lorenzo, One block West of Via del Corso
What: Contains relics of the grill on which St. Lawrence was martyred
Chiesa Nuova
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Daily Mass: 8, 9, 10, 18:30
Sunday Mass: 8:30, 10, 11, 12, 18:30
Where: Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle II
What: Tomb of St. Phillip Neri
S. Andrea delle Valle
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Daily Mass: 8, 9, 11, 18:30
Sunday Mass: 8, 9, 11, 12, 18:30
Where: Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle II and Corso del Rinasciamento
S. Maria Sopra Minerva
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Daily: 8:15, 18
Where: 42 Piazza della Minerva, Off the SE corner of the Pantheon
What: Tomb of St. Catherine of Sienna
S. Carlo Ai Catinari
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Daily Mass: 8, 9:30, 18:30
Where: 117 Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, between Campo dei Fiori and Via Arenula
BETWEEN THE ROMAN FORUM AND SAINT PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS:
S. Maria in Aracoeli
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Daily: 8
Sunday Mass: 8, 12
Where: 4 Piazza del Campidoglio, in the famous piazza behind the enormous Vittorio Emmanuele II Monument
S. Sabina
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Daily Mass: 7:15
Sunday Mass: 8, 10:30, 11:30
Where: Via di S. Sabina, on Aventine Hill on the East bank of the Tiber. SW of Circus Maximus
What: Dominican headquarters in Rome.
S. Nicola in Carcere
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 8, 17
Sunday Mass: 12
Where: Via del Teatro Marcello, directly S of Teatro Marcello, near Tiber Island
S. Paolo Fuori le Mura (St. Paul Outside the Walls)
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Daily Mass: 7, 8, 9, 10:30, 12, 18
Where: 186 Via Ostiense (Metro: Basilica San Paolo)
What: One of the four major basilicas, Tomb of St. Paul, 2nd largest church in Rome
IN TRASTEVERE:
S. Maria in Trastevere
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Daily Mass: 9, 17:30
Where: In Trastevere, 14/c Via della Paglia / Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
S. Francesco a Ripa in Trastevere
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Daily Mass: 7:30, 9, 18:30
Sunday Mass: 7:30, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18:30
Where: 88 Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi, in Trastevere
S. Cecilia in Trastevere
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Daily Mass: 7:20
Sunday Mass: 10
Where: Via Santa Cecilia (Piazza dei Mercanti), South of Tiber Island
What: Tomb of St. Cecilia and famous statue of her exhumed body
*Mass times last updated November 2007. List compiled by students Hank Kemp and Jeremy Irlbeck