Station days were days of fasting in the early Christian Church.[1] The practice of keeping stations died out during the Avignon papacy, but it has been revived in the twentieth century by popes Leo XIII and John XXIII.[2]
Today they are days associated with processions to particular churches in which the faithful may gain certain indulgences.
Station Churches[]
The current station churches of Rome are:[3]
- Ash Wednesday: Santa Sabina
- Thursday: San Giorgio in Velabro
- Friday: Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Saturday: Sant' Agostino
- First Sunday of Lent: Lateran basilica
- Monday: San Pietro in Vincoli
- Tuesday: Santa Anastasia
- Wednesday: Liberian basilica
- Thursday: San Lorenzo in Panisperna
- Friday: Santi Apostoli
- Saturday: Vatican basilica
- Second Sunday of Lent: Santa Maria in Domnica
- Monday: San Clemente
- Tuesday: Santa Balbina
- Wednesday : Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
- Thursday: Santa Maria in Trastevere
- Friday: San Vitale in Fovea
- Saturday: Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano
- Third Sunday of Lent: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- Monday: San Marco al Campidoglio
- Tuesday: Santa Pudenziana al Viminale
- Wednesday: San Sisto (Santi Nereo e Achilleo)
- Thursday: Santi Cosma e Damiano in Via Sacra (Fori Imperiali)
- Friday: San Lorenzo in Lucina
- Saturday: Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano
- Fourth Sunday of Lent: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Monday: Santi Quattro Coronati al Celio
- Tuesday: San Lorenzo in Damaso
- Wednesday: Ostian basilica
- Thursday: Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
- Friday: Sant'Eusebio
- Saturday: San Nicola in Carcere
- Fifth Sunday of Lent: Vatican basilica
- Monday: San Crisogono in Trastevere
- Tuesday: San Ciriaco (S. Maria in via Lata al Corso)
- Wednesday: San Marcello al Corso
- Thursday: Sant'Apollinare in Campo Marzio
- Friday: San Stefano al Celio
- Saturday: San Giovanni a Porta Latina
- Palm Sunday: Lateran basilica
- Monday: Santa Prassede
- Tuesday: Santa Prisca
- Wednesday: Liberian Basilica
- Thursday: Lateran basilica
- Friday: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Saturday: Lateran Basilica
- Easter Sunday: Liberian Basilica
- Monday: Vatican basilica
- Tuesday: Ostian basilica
- Wednesday: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- Thursday: Santi Apostoli
- Friday: S. Maria ad Martyres in Campo Marzio (Pantheon)
- Saturday: Lateran Basilica
- Octave of Easter: San Pancrazio
References[]
- ↑
"Station Days". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Station_Days.
- ↑ Station churches website
- ↑ From the Vatican website