Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Chapel of S. Helen
| Name of structure: | Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Chapel of S. Helen |
| Extended name of structure: | Holy Cross in Jerusalem |
| Type of structure: | Chapel |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Rome |
| Date of structure: | 4C, 1145. |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Ceiling |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Christ, Evangelists (figures and symbols), saints, donor scenes of the discovery of the True Cross, putti, flora, fauna. |
| Date of mosaic: | 15C-16C copy of 5C original. |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 15 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 16 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1920s & 30s 1990s: team from Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici di Roma |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Antellini, S., ‘La Cappella di S. Elena in S. Croce in Gerusalemme a Roma. Restauro del mosaico e degli affreschi della volta’, I Beni Culturali. Tutela e valorizzazione 2/1 (1994), 27-33. Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana) (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80), 6 Vols., vol. 1
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| Comments: | Original mosaic set up by Galla Placidia, emperor Valentinian III and Honoria. 15C mosaic probably by Melozzo da Forlic. 1480 (Krautheimer) or by Baldassarre Peruzzi in 1500-9 (Antelli). |