Being in Trastevere is like being in an old Italian village rather than in Rome, and it was even more of a treat coming upon this interesting church.
The first church on this site was likely founded in the 3rd century by Pope Urban I and was devoted to the Roman martyr Cecilia (patron saint of music).
In 822, Pope Paschal I had the church rebuilt and relocated the relics of Saint Cecelia from the catacombs of Saint Calixtus.
Beneath the church you can visit the excavations of several Roman houses, one of which might have belonged to Saint Cecilia.
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