https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/37b0de0f5cd46aed7eb2a9c513d35b49.jpg 861186a189d017d189ee8f02e41cc668 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Hospital-cum-Monastery at San Tommaso in Formis Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J.M. Hanley (2016) Julia Tassava (2026) Description An account of the resource Perched about halfway up the Caelian Hill is San Tommaso in Formis, built into the side of the Aqua Claudia. The history of the complex begins with John of Matha, a Provencal priest. Shortly after his ordination, he was inspired to found a religious order dedicated to ransoming captives from the Crusades. Innocent III confirmed John’s request. The new order – the Trinitarians – was the first of the major religious orders that would be founded over the course of the 13th and 14th centuries.The remains of the church were refurbished and a hospital was constructed next to it. The adjacent Arch of Dolabella – once part of Rome’s Servian walls – was also brought into service. John of Matha, after establishing the order, had become drawn to a life of monastic isolation. He retreated to a room over the arch until his death in 1213. In many ways, the establishments of such “caritative” orders functioned more like franchises than outposts. Trinitarian branches, for instance, were responsible for funding themselves, which made them less inclined to obey central authority. San Tommaso was less a headquarters and more a working hospital. Nevertheless, the church’s location – immediately next to the major cardinal churches of San Stefano Rotondo and Santa Maria in Domnica, and a short walk from papal residence at the Lateran – seems unlikely to be a coincidence. Though the reason remains unclear, international missionary work was a top priority of Innocent III. As pope, he had some authority over the order, and would later influence staff appointments within the order itself. It is possible that the pope himself picked the location to easily observe and influence the order’s actions. Finally, John of Matha’s decision to retreat to isolation testifies to a common tension in the early thirteenth century. He began a trend of activist religious orders, yet opted personally to live like a religious hermit of an older tradition. San Tommaso offered a unique space for this: Trinitarians entered the outside world in search of the sick, but they then brought the sick back behind their walls to provide care. Abstract A summary of the resource. Perched about halfway up the Caelian Hill is San Tomasso in Formis, built into the side of the Aqua Claudia. The history of the complex largely begins with John of Matha, a Provencal priest. Shortly after his ordination, he was inspired to found a religious order dedicated to ransoming captives from the Crusades. Innocent III confirmed John’s request. The new order – the Trinitarians – was the first of the great religious orders that would be founded over the course of the 13th and 14th centuries. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context tommasohospitalmonastery_2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brentano, Robert. Rome Before Avignon. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990. Brodman, James W. “Community, Identity, and the Redemption of Captives: Comparative Perspectives Across the Mediterranean.” Anuario di Estudios Medievales 36 (June 2006), 241-252. Brodman, James W. “Crisis in Charity: Centrifugal and Centripetal Influences upon Medieval Caritative Orders.” Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum 5 (2011): 163-173 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via di S. Paolo della Croce, 00184 Roma RM Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1200s neighborhoods Unsure on details