Status Of Pope Pius IX - Ignazio Jacometti At Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome Editorial Photo

Status of Pope Pius IX - Ignazio Jacometti at Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The Basilica of Saint Mary Major Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.The basilica enshrines the venerated image of Salus Populi Romani, depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary as the health and protectress of the Roman people, which was granted a Canonical coronation by Pope Gregory XVI on 15 August 1838 accompanied by his Papal bull Cælestis Regina.