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The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio is a basilica, rectory church served by the Somaschans, and titular church for a cardinal-priest on the Aventine Hill in the third prefecture of central Rome, Italy.
Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa (Greek: Ἀλέξιος, Alexios), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. Two versions of his life exist, one in Syriac and the other in Greek.
Leaning against the internal façade is the wooden staircase under which Sant'Alessio would have lived, housed in a large glass case supported by angels and cherubs. The vault of the central nave was decorated by Michele Ottaviani, the apse, and the pendentives of the cross by Carlo Gavardini.
The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio is a basilica, rectory church served by the Somaschans, and titular church for a cardinal-priest on the Aventine Hill in the third prefecture of central Rome, Italy.
It is an Edessa icon of the Intercession of the Madonna, the Heavenly Mediatress dating from the 12-13th centuries, thought to have been painted by St Luke the Evangelist and brought from the East by St Alexius.
Built in the eighth century over a previous building of the fourth century dedicated to St. Boniface The name of Alexius, Roman saint of the fifth century, was added in the year 977 when some monks arrived from Damascus in the monastery attached to the church
Alexius of Rome, also known as Saint Alexius, is a revered figure within Catholicism recognized for his humility, self-sacrifice, and devotion to God. Born into a wealthy Roman family in the 5th century AD, Alexius renounced his life of luxury in pursuit of a humble existence devoted to Christ.
