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Today (12. October) is the feast day of:
Felix IV (III), pope (d. 530). Today's less well known saint of the
Regno was a Samnite, that is, someone from Benevento or the surrounding
area. Nominated by king Theodoric to succeed pope St. John I, F. was
consecrated on 12. July 526. During the so-called semipelagian
controversy he issued to the bishops of southern France a series of
positions on grace and free will that were issued as canons by the synod
of Orange in 529. In the same theological context, F. approved St.
Caesarius of Arles' _De gratia et libero arbitrio_.
F.'s major monument is the stational church of SS. Cosma e Damiano on
Rome's Via dei Fori Imperiali. Created in the circular temple of Jupiter Stator
(also known as the Temple of Romulus, i.e. of Maxentius' son of that name)
and in an adjacent structure belonging to the Forum Pacis, it is particularly
noteworthy for its sixth-century apse mosaic. An illustrated,
English-language account is here:
http://tinyurl.com/oywcz
Floor plan:
http://tinyurl.com/njfs2
Aerial satellite view of the church (center), with the circular temple on the
south side. The major road to the north is Via dei Fori Imperiali and the large
structure to the right (east) is the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine:
http://tinyurl.com/onshr
Exterior views:
http://tinyurl.com/2gxtek
http://tinyurl.com/euvue
http://tinyurl.com/36tqvz
http://tinyurl.com/2pzuhl
Another view of the rear, looking past remains of the temple of
Antoninus and Faustina:
http://tinyurl.com/yua4fl
The apse mosaic:
http://tinyurl.com/lanfz
http://tinyurl.com/qczvx
http://tinyurl.com/j29cd
F. holding model of the church; St. Paul introducing Cosmas or Damian:
http://tinyurl.com/me62b
Multiple views:
http://tinyurl.com/jmx2c
http://tinyurl.com/fdugd
Best,
John Dillon
(last year's post lightly revised)
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