San Silvestro, Viterbo

San Silvestro is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located at the intersection of Via dei Pellegrini #23 with Piazza del Gesu, in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy.

Atop the roofline are two Romanesque-era lions (Viterbese symbols) which were affiliated with the coat of arms of the Ghibelline Tignosi family.

From the late seventeenth century until 1825, the monks of the Penitenza took rooms in the nearby palace belonging to the Di Vico family, and used San Silvestro for their religious services.

In 2024, the church is assigned to the Catholic society of Knights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the St Sepulcher.

However, Guy remained at large for a decade until he was captured by the Angevins during a naval battle in Naples, and was left to die in a jail in Messina.

The burial ceremony for Henry was held in 1273 in San Francesco with the attendance of Pope Gregory X, Charles I d'Anjou, and Edward I of England and his queen-consort.

[5] A plaque outside the church recalls the treachery of this vendetta,[6] the violation of the sanctuary of the site and the hospitality offered to strangers.

The apse dome is frescoed with a Noli me tangere between the Saints Andrew and Silvester (1540) and above a God the Father among the celestial choir.