La Storta
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The Cathedral of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, along the Via Cassia in La Storta
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 Location of La Storta in relation to the outer zones of Rome |
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 La Storta
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| Coordinates: 42°32′8″N 12°22′42″E / 42.53556°N 12.37833°ECoordinates: 42°32′8″N 12°22′42″E / 42.53556°N 12.37833°E | |
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 Italy
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 Lazio
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| Province | Rome (RM) |
| City | Rome |
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| • Total | 46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18,594 |
La Storta is a frazione and a zona in the Ager Romanus, the rural area surrounding Rome. It is designated by the code Z. LI as the 51st of 59 zone that are part of the administrative subdivision of Rome. Located to the north west of the city, it falls within the boundaries of Municipio XV. The population is 18,594.
The name La Storta ("the curve"; literally twisted or bent) refers to a series of curves that the Via Cassia makes through the settlement.
During the Middle Ages the locality was positioned along the Via Francigena, and was specifically mentioned as being a stop on the itinerary of Sigeric the Serious during his journey to Rome to accept the pallium as archbishop of Canterbury. The surviving account of his journey refers to La Storta as [Submansio] Joannis VIIII, the first stop outside of the city of Rome. The stop was also referred to as San Giovanni in Nono (Latin: Sanctus Ioannes in Nono), since the way station was constructed next to a church dedicated to Saint John, and positioned at the nine-mile marker from the start of the Via Cassia.
In November 1537, Ignatius of Loyola was traveling the Via Cassia towards Rome, accompanied by Peter Faber and Diego Laynez. The group paused at a small church in La Storta to pray. It was there that Ignatius is reported to have received a vision of God the Father and Christ holding the cross. Ignatius would later report that the Father had "given him ... to be henceforward consecrated wholly to His service," and Christ spoke the words Ego tibi Romae propitius ero ("I will be favorable to you in Rome"). The meaning of the sentence was not immediately clear to Ignatius, who thought it could mean that the three might be martyred at Rome.Pope Paul III instead gave him a very friendly reception.
The location of the apparition is memorialized today with a small chapel dedicated to Saint Ignatius in the Piazza della Visione ("Square of the Vision"). The site of the vision was a place of pilgrimage from the early days of the Society of Jesus, but the current form of the chapel was achieved only in the year 1700, when it was restored and decorated by the Superior General Thyrsus González de Santalla. The community celebrates the vision with its own feast day, the Feast of the Vision of Saint Ignatius. (The feast day is not, however, an ancient tradition, having been celebrated for the first time in 2011.) The feast is celebrated on the second Sunday of November, and is marked by processions, bands, and a reenactment of the vision.
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