Santa Maria sopra Minerva, is one of the major churches of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers (better known as the Dominicans) in Rome, Italy, the church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, a goddess from the polytheistic pantheon, of which location?
Santa Maria sopra Minerva Santa Maria sopra Minerva (English: "Saint Mary above Minerva" , Latin: "Sancta Maria supra Minervam" ) is one of the major churches of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers (better known as the Dominicans) in Rome, Italy. The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over ("Italian: "sopra" ") the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, which had been erroneously ascribed to the Greco-Roman goddess Minerva.
San Cosimato The church of San Cosimato is a church located in the city of Rome, Italy. It was originally built in the 10th century in the Trastevere rione and now includes the hospital known as "Nuovo Regina Margherita." Originally, it was built as a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian, from whom it derives its name, and it carried the added designation of "in mica aurea" (“in the golden sand”) due to the presence of fluvial sand of yellowish color.