![]() ![]() A naumachia, literally "naval combat", is an artificial lake where naval battles were reenacted for an audience. The church was originally called San Pellegrino in Naumachia. Naumachia Vaticana on a map of ancient Rome around 300 AD Another reason may have been the church's service to pilgrims ( Latin: peregrini), since annexed to the church were the Hospitale Francorum, a hospital for French pilgrims, and a cemetery. De Waal brought to light ancient paintings dating from the 9th century, and others from the 13th-14th century There is a tradition that Charlemagne, on the occasion of his coronation in 800, gave the relics of Peregrine of Auxerre to this church, whence its name. This is attested to by several passages in the Liber Pontificalis, as well as archaeological excavations made by Msgr Anton de Waal in 1888. The origins of the church are ancient, dating back to the eighth century. The church now serves as the chapel of the Pontifical Gendarmerie and the firefighters of the Vatican City and is entrusted to the care of the chaplain of the corps -currently Msgr. The oratory later fell into disrepair but was restored in the 19th century when evidence of the 9th-century frescoes were discovered. Under the name of San Pellegrino degli Svizzeri (English: Saint Peregrine of the Swiss), it became the national church in Rome of Switzerland. In the seventeenth century, Pope Clement X granted the church to the Pontifical Swiss Guards, who used it for their religious services in combination with the church of Santi Martino e Sebastiano degli Svizzeri until 1977. The church built by Pope Leo III (750 AD - 816 AD) around 800 first received the name of "San Pellegrino in Naumachia", making reference to the naumachia built northwest of the Castel Sant'Angelo and dedicated by Roman emperor Trajan in 109. It is one of the oldest churches in the Vatican City. The church is dedicated to Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, a Roman priest appointed by Pope Sixtus II who had suffered martyrdom in Gaul in the third century. ![]() The Church of San Pellegrino in Vaticano (English: Saint Peregrine in the Vatican) is an ancient Roman Catholic oratory in the Vatican City, located on the Via dei Pellegrini.
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