Tre Fontane Abbey (Rome)

Italy / Lazio / Rome
 monastery, Order of Cistercians, Roman Catholic church
The Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, or more commonly Tre Fontane ('Three Fountains'), is an abbey of the Cistercian Order.
Latin: Abbatia trium fontium ad Aquas Salvias.
Connected with and belonging to the monastery are three separate churches. The first, the Church of St. Paul of Three Fountains, was raised over the spot where St. Paul was beheaded by order of Emperor Nero. Legend says that the head, once severed from the body, bounced, striking the earth in three different places from which fountains sprang up, which flow to the present day and are located within the sanctuary itself.

The second, originally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Our Lady of Martyrs", is built over the relics of Saint Zeno and his 10,203 legionaries, who were martyred here at the order of Diocletian in 299. In this church is the altar "Scala Coeli" ("ladder to heaven"), from which the church receives its present name. Finally there are the church and monastery dedicated to Saints Vincent and Anastasius, built by Pope Honorius I in 626 and given to the Benedictines, who were to care for the two older sanctuaries, as well as their own church.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tre_Fontane_Abbey
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Coordinates:   41°50'4"N   12°29'2"E

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