The exact origins of the church of San Stae, in Italian Sant'Eustachio are not known, but it seems that it already existed in the 12th century. Eustachio - hunter - lived between the 1st and 2nd centuries and, under Trajan, converted to Christianity after the dreamlike vision of a deer which contained an illuminated cross between its powerful horns. He denied the sacrifice to the Gods and for this he was martyred together with his wife Theopist and his children; they are said to have been locked inside a large fiery bronze bull.
The place of worship underwent various constructions
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