Traditional date of Sessorian Palace: 200s

Original church: 300s

Pope Lucio II  renovation: 1144-1145

Pope Benedict XIV renovation: 1740-1758

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• When St. Helen returned from Jerusalem with the cross she also brought soil from Calvary. This church is built on top of that soil. Thus the name of this church: Holy Cross in Jerusalem

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Artist: Domenico Gregorini; Pietro Passalacqua

Date: 1744

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• The facade inscription reads: Pope Benedict XIV, in Honor of the Holy Cross, in the Fourth Year of His Pontificate

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• The statues, from left to right are: St. Helen, St. Luke, St. Matthew, two angels, St. John, St. Mark, Constantine

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• The campanile is from around 1144