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Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine
Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino (in Italian)
Basilica Sanctae Sabinae (in Latin)
Rom, Basilika Santa Sabina, Außenansicht.jpg
Basic information
Location Rome, Italy
Geographic coordinates 41°53′04″N 12°28′47″E / 41.88444°N 12.47972°E / 41.88444; 12.47972Coordinates: 41°53′04″N 12°28′47″E / 41.88444°N 12.47972°E / 41.88444; 12.47972
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Minor basilica
Leadership Jozef Tomko
Website General Curia of the Order of the Preachers
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 422
Completed 432
Specifications
Direction of façade SW
Length 60 metres (200 ft)
Width 30 metres (98 ft)
Width (nave) 17 metres (56 ft)
External video
Santa Sabina, Smarthistory

The Basilica of Saint Sabina (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Sabinae, Italian: Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino) is a historical church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. It is a titular minor basilica and mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans. Santa Sabina is perched high above the Tiber river to the north and the Circus Maximus to the east. It is next to small public park Giardino degli Aranci (Garden of Oranges), which has a scenic terrace overlooking Rome. It is a short distance to the headquarters of the Knights of Malta.

Santa Sabina is the oldest extant Roman basilica in Rome that preserves its original colonnaded rectangular plan and architectural style. Its decorations have been restored to their original restrained design. Other basilicas, such as Santa Maria Maggiore, are often heavily and gaudily decorated. Because of its simplicity, the Santa Sabina represents the crossover from a roofed Roman forum to the churches of Christendom. Its Cardinal Priest is Jozef Tomko. It is the stational church for Ash Wednesday.

Santa Sabina was built by Peter of Illyria, a Dalmatian priest, between 422 and 432 near a temple of Juno on the Aventine Hill in Rome. The church was built on the site of early Imperial houses, one of which is said to be of Sabina, a Roman matron originally from Avezzano in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Sabina was beheaded under the Emperor Vespasian, or perhaps Hadrian, because she had been converted to Christianity by her servant Seraphia, who was stoned to death. She was later declared a Christian Saint.


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