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Santa Susanna
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Image:Santa Susanna (Rome) - facade.jpg thumb|Baroque façade of Santa Susanna, by [[Carlo Maderno (1603).]]
'''Santa Susanna''' is a church in
Rome, that dates back to
280 and rebuild in
796. The modern church is the national church of the
United States.
A worship place sprung around 280 on the houses of
Saint Susan and his father, who were martyred when the girl refused to marry the son of emperor
Diocletian. It officially became a church in 330, under
Constantine I (emperor) Constantine I. Pope
Sergius I restored it at the end of the
7th century, but
Pope Leo III rebuilt the church from the ground in 796, conserving the reliqies of the saints in the crypt.
In
1603,
Carlo Maderno built the façade, a highly influential early Baroque design. The dynamic rhythm of columns and pilasters, crowding centrally, and the protrusion and increased central decoration add further complexity to the structure. Notice the interplay of relationships, none exactly symmetric on any one mirro side. The entrance and roof are surrounded by triangular pediments. The windows replaced by niches. There is an incipient playfullness with the rules of classic design, still maintaining rigor.
The
Cardinal Priest of the ''Titulus S. Susannae'' is
Bernard Cardinal Law Bernard Law. Among the previous Cardinal Priests,
Pope Nicholas V (1446).
Category:Churches in Rome Susanna
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