Be sure to make your request many months in advance and be prepared to queue when seeking an appointment. Otherwise, there are many other options as there certainly is not a shortage of churches in Rome. Contact the priest to “book” your preferred choice of date.
For a complete list of churches call +39 060608 or visit www.060608.it
The following is a list of some of the most suggestive churches:
• Santa Francesca Romana is a Baroque Church located inside the Roman forums in Piazza di Santa Francesca Romana, 4.
Tel: +39 06 6795528. Open 9:30am - 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm daily.
• SS. Nereo e Achilleo is a very large church near the Baths of Caracalla in Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 28.
Tel: +39 06 5757996. Open 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm every day except Tuesday.
• San Giorgio in Velabro, the church of Saint George, is near the Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth) in Via del Velabro, 19.
Tel: +39 06 69204534. Open 10:00 am - 12:30 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm daily.
• Dio Padre Misericordioso, (the Church of the Third Millennium) was designed by American architect Richard Meier and is located in Via Francesco Tovaglieri (Quartiere Alessandrino).
Tel: +39 06 2315833. Open 7:30 am - 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm daily.
• San Giovanni at Porta Latina is a small, characteristic and simple church in Via di Porta Latina, 17.
Tel: +39 0670491777. Open 7:00 am - 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm daily.
• Santa Maria in Cosmedin is a Greek Orthodox church located near the Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth) in Piazza della Bocca della Verità, 18.
Tel: +39 066781419. Open 9:30 am - 5:00 pm in Winter and 9:30 am - 6:00 pm in Summer. The gates close 10 minutes earlier.
