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Today's Station is at St. Nicholas in Prison. It was constructed in the ruins of two temples and the ancient Forum Olitorium, and you can see fragments from them reused in the church. The most important of the temples was the Temple of Piety, built by Acilius Glabrius, consul in 191 B.C. The dedication to St. Nicholas was made by the Greek population in the area.

Exterior of St. Nicholas Cancere

Day XXXII. Saturday, Week IV. "The snares of death overtook me, the ropes of hell tightened around me; in my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice" (Entrance antiphon for today - Ps 17:5-7). San Nicola in Carcere. This church was built from the ruins of three Roman temples. The central temple was built on the site of the "caritas romana". Supposedly a man was condemned to die of hunger in prison. His daughter, who was nursing at the time, sustained him. (I saw a copy of Caravaggio's painting but, not knowing the story, had other ideas about what was occurring in the painting.) The church is dedicated to Saint Nicolas, (Santa Claus), as he is the patron of prisoners.