The Catholic Traveler

The Churches of Rome

Santi Michele e Magno

The national church of the Netherlands in Rome, Santi Michele e Magno has been extraterritorial Vatican property since 1929 and was only granted to the Dutch Catholic community in 1989. A steep 33-step marble Scala Santa — a devotional copy of the Lateran original — climbs into the Our Lady of Sevenwouden chapel.

  • Relics of St. Magnus of Anagni, and stones traditionally associated with the Presentation at the Temple and the binding of Isaac
  • Niccolò Ricciolini’s high-altar altarpiece
  • A bust of the Carmelite martyr Titus Brandsma
  • The exterior was drawn by M.C. Escher

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