Among the experiences for Perth pilgrims in Rome for Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s reception of the pallium was Mass concelebrated on June 27 by a contingent of Perth clergy in the Chapel of Santa Lucia in Tinta.
The historic chapel, dating from at least 1002AD and rebuilt in the 16th century, is attached to Fraterna Domus where Perth pilgrims stayed while in Rome.
Among those concelebrating were Archbishops Costelloe SDB and Barry Hickey, Bishop Donald Sproxton, Fathers John Jegorow of Ballajura, John O’Reilly, Joseph Angelo of Leederville, St Mary’s Cathedral Dean Mgr Michael Keating and Deacon Bruce Talbot.
According to an internet entry, Santa Lucia della Tinta is in the Campo Marzo, on the Via di Monte Brianza. It is dedicated to a Roman martyr called Lucy, but not the more famous one from Syracuse. The name Tinta comes from the locality, which contained dyeworks in the Middle Ages.
Rebuilt in 1580 by the Confraternity of Coachmen, it was restored again in 1911 when parts of a cosmatesque floor were uncovered.
Today, Fraterna Domus is run by a small institute of sisters charged with providing hospitality to pilgrims visiting Rome.