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San Saba is an ancient basilica church in Rome, Italy. It lies on the so-called ''Piccolo Aventino'', which is an area close to the ancient Aurelian Walls next to the Aventine Hill and Caelian Hill. The current Cardinal Deacon of the ''Titulus S. Sabae'' is Jorge Medina Estévez. The titulus was established in 1959. ==History== According to legend, St. Silvia, mother of Pope Gregory I, had an estate at the site. After her death, so legend reads, her estate was transformed into an affiliate monastery of St. Andreas, the monastery which Gregory I founded at the site of today's San Gregorio al Celio. This legend can be traced back to have originated from the 12th century, when in context of Renovatio Romae and Church Reform, the monastery of San Saba was meant to be provided with a long and local tradition. The historic origin of the religious site goes back to the year 645. In this year, Palestine fugitive monks from the monastery of St. Sabas (Mar Saba, Palestine) who had fled their home country after the Islamic invasion, came to Rome to attend the Lateran council. After the council, these Sabaite monks settled down in an old ''domus'' (=noble estate) on the "Piccolo Aventino", which at this time was deserted due to the big decrease in Rome's population numbers. Here, they founded an eremitic cell. The Sabaites introduced the cult of St. Sabas to Rome. In ancient sources, their monastery however goes by the name ''cellas novas'' or ''cellaenovae'', which refers to the ''cellae'' (=cells) of their mother abbey, Mar Saba. The Sabaite monastery prospered quickly and for a long time. In the 8th and 9th centuries, San Saba was one of the most prestigious of Rome and among the leading "Greek" monasteries. It received rich papal donations. Since 680, its abbots held important diplomatic roles in the relationships between Rome and Byzantium, and represented the Roman Church and Pope at several church councils in Constantinople. In 768, Antipope Constantine II was held prisoner in this monastery, before being killed by the Lombards. The Benedictine monks of Monte Cassino received the church after it was rebuilt in the 10th century. Anselm, the nephew of St Anselm, was one of its abbots before departing to England as a papal legate. After many years of decay, the basilica was completely renovated in the 13th century, after being ceded to Cluniac monks. In 1503 the Cistercians were entrusted with the church, which in 1573 was finally conveyed to the Jesuits (and their German seminary Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Saba, Rome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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