San Giovanni in Oleo
Rome, Italy
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
San Giovanni in Oleo is a small octagonal chapel beside the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in Rome, marking the traditional site where the apostle John was said to have been immersed in boiling oil under the emperor Domitian. The present chapel dates from around 1509 and was long attributed to Donato Bramante, though it is now thought to be the work of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger or Baldassare Peruzzi. Borromini remodeled it in 1658, adding the frieze and an elaborate finial.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- church building
- Place
- Rome, Italy
This building on
Location