Santa Prassede all'Esquilino


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Chapel of the Pillar
From St Zeno's chapel, you can enter the little sanctuary chapel of the Pillar of the Scourging. This relic was brought from the Holy Land in 1223 by Giovanni Cardinal Colonna after he served as Papal legate in Syria during the Fifth Crusade. It is venerated as the pillar to which Christ was tied when he was whipped before his crucifixion.

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