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When Saint Dominic (c. 1174–1221) came to Rome to seek papal approval of the Order of Preachers, he founded two houses on the periphery of the city — a nunnery at  S. Sisto, in structures rebuilt by Pope Innocent III, and a priory next to the early Christian basilica of S. Sabina. The Dominicans modified and enlarged the existing buildings, according to their needs. Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1182–1226) also came to consult the Pope, but he did not make any foundations in Rome. In 1229, Pope Gregory IX ordered the Benedictine monks of SS. Cosma e Damiano in Mica Aurea to cede to the Franciscans their hospice of S. Biagio in Trastevere, where Saint Francis had stayed. The friars built the church and friary of S. Francesco a Ripa there. Later, Gregory IX took over the Benedictine monastery itself, where he established the Franciscan nunnery of S. Cosimato in 1234. Moving into the more densely inhabited parts of the city, the Friars Minor built a new friary and church at S. Maria in Aracoeli on the Capitoline Hill from c. 1248–1252 onwards. The Dominicans, in 1266, acquired a convent near the Pantheon, where they constructed the Gothic church of S. Maria sopra Minerva. In 1285, the Colonna family established a Franciscan nunnery at S. Silvestro in Capite. In the context of the origin and evolution of the two Mendicant Orders, this book traces the history of these thirteenth-century Dominican and Franciscan foundations, focussing on their location in Rome, the history of each site, their architecture, and the medieval works of art connected with them. Popes and cardinals, members of important families, and Franciscan Tertiaries contributed generously to their construction and decoration. The book ends with Saint Catherine of Siena, who lived near S. Maria sopra Minerva, where she was buried.

Dominican monasteries --- Franciscan monasteries --- Convents --- Franciscan convents --- Dominican architecture --- Franciscan architecture --- Dominican art (Order of Saint Dominic) --- Franciscan art --- Christian art and symbolism --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Monastic and religious life --- Friars --- Nuns --- History --- Dominicans --- Franciscans --- Alcantarines --- Bernardyni --- Cordeliers --- Discalced Friars Minor --- Família Franciscana --- Frades Menores --- Frailes Menores --- Franciscains --- Franciscains mineurs --- Franciscan Discalceati --- Franciscan Order --- Franciscan Reformati --- Franciszkanie --- Frant︠s︡iskanskiĭ orden --- Frant︠s︡iskant︠s︡y --- Frati minori --- Fratres minores --- Frères mineurs --- Friars, Gray --- Friars Minor --- Gråbrøderne --- Gray Friars --- Grey Friars --- Mala braća --- Minderbrüder --- Minoriten --- Minorites --- O.F.M. --- Observants --- OFM --- Ojcowie Franciszkanie --- Ordem dos Frades Menores --- Ordem dos Franciscanos --- Ordem Franciscana --- Orden de Frailes Menores --- Orden de los Frailes Menores --- Orden Franciscana --- Orden sv. Frant︠s︡iska --- Order of Friars Minor --- Ordine dei Frati Minori --- Ordine dei minori --- Ordre des frères franciscains mineurs --- Ordo Fratrum Minorum --- Reformati --- Reformed Franciscans --- Seraphic Order --- Capuchins --- Conventuals --- Franciscan Recollects --- Black Friars --- Blackfriars --- Dominicains --- Dominican Fathers --- Dominican Order --- Dominicanen --- Domenicani --- Dominicanos --- Dominicos --- Dominics --- Dominikanci --- Dominikaner --- Dominikanie --- Dominikanski orden --- Доминикански орден --- Dominikant︠s︡i --- Домініканці --- FF. prêcheurs --- Frati predicatori --- Frères prêcheurs --- Friars Preachers --- Jacobins (Religious order) --- O.P. --- Orde de Predicadors --- Orde de Sant Domènec --- Orde dels Frares Predicadors --- Orde dels Predicadors --- Orde Dominicà --- Ordem de S. Domingos --- Ordem de São Domingos --- Ordėn daminikanaŭ --- Ордэн дамініканаў --- Orden de Predicadores --- Order of Preachers --- Order of St. Dominic --- Ordine dei Frati predicatori --- Ordine dei predicatori --- Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum --- Ordo Praedicatorum --- Ordre de saint Dominique --- Ordre des Frères-Prêcheurs --- Ordre des Prêcheurs --- Padres Domínicos --- Preaching Friars --- Predicadores --- Prediger-Orden --- Zakon Dominikanów --- Zakon Kaznodziejski --- Zakon Ojców Dominikanów --- History. --- Mendicant orders --- Christians --- Sisters (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Monasticism and religious orders for women --- Monastic life --- Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Spiritual life --- Vows --- Monachism --- Monastic orders --- Monasticism and religious orders for men --- Monasticism and religious orders of men --- Orders, Monastic --- Orders, Religious --- Religious orders --- Brotherhoods --- Christian communities --- Brothers (Religious) --- Monks --- Superiors, Religious --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Art, Franciscan --- Architecture, Franciscan --- Church architecture --- Architecture, Dominican --- Convents, Franciscan --- Convents and nunneries, Franciscan --- Cloisters (Religious communities) --- Convents and nunneries --- Nunneries --- Church property --- Religious institutions --- Monasteries, Franciscan --- Monasteries --- Monasteries, Dominican --- Christianity --- 271.3 <45 ROMA> Franciskanen. Minderbroeders--Italië--ROMA --- Monastères dominicains --- Monastères franciscains --- Couvents franciscains --- Architecture dominicaine (Ordre religieux) --- Architecture franciscaine --- Art dominicain (Ordre religieux) --- Art franciscain --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- Vie religieuse et monastique --- Christian religious orders --- Art --- anno 500-1499 --- Rome