San Simeone Profeta, Rome


The church of San Simeone Profeta was a church in Rome, in the Ponte district, located in the Piazza Lancellotti.

History

This church has medieval origins and was called San Simeone de Ponte. It appears in the catalog of Cencio Camerario with the name of Sancto Symeoni de Pusterula.
It was then completely restored in 1610 at the behest of Cardinal Orazio Lancellotti, who had his own palace overlooking the square, and dedicated to the prophet Simeon. Later the church was entrusted to the Confraternity of Margaret of Cortona, for which it is also called Santa Margherita.
By the end of the nineteenth century it no longer had a dedicated priest, and in the first half of the twentieth century, after the collapse of the roof, it was totally abandoned.
The church once had three naves and housed works by Ventura Salimbeni and Carlo Saraceni. Today only the façade remains, while the rest of the building, while maintaining the three-nave structure, has been modified to make room for residential flats.

Titular Church

The Cardinal title of Saint Simeone Profeta was created on 4 December 1551 by Pope Julius III and suppressed by Pope Sixtus V in 1587. The title was also known by the name of Saint Simeon in Posterula.

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