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Janiculum

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Janiculum [dʒəˈnɪkjʊləm]
n
(Placename) a hill in Rome across the River Tiber from the Seven Hills


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I mill around the square, noting the broadcast transmitters of EWTN atop the North American College on the Janiculum Hill, and then make my way to the grave of John Paul II.
It was attributed to the Portuguese knight, Amadeus, who joined the Minorites, and eventually ended up in Rome in 1472 as Confessor to Sixtus IV, spending much of his time in a cave on the Janiculum near the monastery of San Pietro in Montorio, a Franciscan congregation with a special role to play, as this volume makes clear.
 
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