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Even though the church survived until the time of Pope Sixtus V in a satisfactory condition, Armellini holds that was demolished during his papacy. In doing so, he was echoing the opinion of most authorities, who attributed its destruction to the unique architectural value of the
Septizodium; it was
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meaning "temple of seven suns," and was probably named for the seven planetary deities (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus), or for the fact that it was originally divided into seven parts. As such, the church of Saint Lucy which was built nearby is variously called
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The church was located in the southern corner of the
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demolished so that its pieces could be used in other buildings. Hülsen, however, objects to that theory, positing instead that the church fell into ruins when its
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lapsed. He further argues that the church was somewhat removed from the ruins of the
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for Friday of the first week of Lent, meaning that it was the meeting point for the papal procession that then moved to the day's
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in the sixth century until its decline in the eleventh and extinction in the fourteenth, the church served as the
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