Santa Maria Assunta e San Michele a Castel Romano

<h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Old church </h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">The old church stands on the site of an old farmstead or <i>Casale</i>. The first documentary reference is from 996, when the extensive property was the possession of the monastery of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sant%27Alessio%20all%27Aventino%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sant%27Alessio%20all%27Aventino%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSant%27Alessio%20all%27Aventino%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797" href="/wiki/Sant%27Alessio_all%27Aventino" title="Sant'Alessio all'Aventino">Sant'Alessio all'Aventino</a>. 
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 1730, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sacchetti%20family%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fit.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FSacchetti_%28famiglia%29%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fit.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FSacchetti_%28famiglia%29%20Sacchetti%20family%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797"  class="text" href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacchetti_(famiglia)">Sacchetti family</a> sold the estate to Cardinal <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Giulio%20Alberoni%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FGiulio_Alberoni%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FGiulio_Alberoni%20Giulio%20Alberoni%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797"  class="text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Alberoni">Giulio Alberoni</a>, who immediately built a palatial villa here the main edifice of which incorporated a church. This was consecrated in 1731. However, in 1740 he retired to Piacenza where he founded a seminary for poor boys at <i>San Lazzaro </i>-this became the <i>Collegio Alberoni. </i>
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The villa has been referred to as the <i>Palazzo Alberoni, </i>which is confusing since it should be <i>Villa Alberoni </i>but this would cause further confusion with a more familiar building on the Via Nomentana.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 1750, just before the cardinal's death in 1752, the church was formally established as an <i>arcipretura curata </i>of the cathedral of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sant%27Aurea%20a%20Ostia%20Antica%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sant%27Aurea%20a%20Ostia%20Antica%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSant%27Aurea%20a%20Ostia%20Antica%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797" href="/wiki/Sant%27Aurea_a_Ostia_Antica" title="Sant'Aurea a Ostia Antica">Sant'Aurea a Ostia Antica</a>, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Augustinian%20friars%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FOrder_of_Saint_Augustine%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FOrder_of_Saint_Augustine%20Augustinian%20friars%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797"  class="text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Augustine">Augustinian friars</a> were put in charge of the enormous, entirely rural, thinly populated parish territory. 
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When the cardinal died, the property was left to the <i>Collegio Alberoni </i>and this in turn came under <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Propaganda%20Fide%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FCongregation_for_the_Evangelization_of_Peoples%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FCongregation_for_the_Evangelization_of_Peoples%20Propaganda%20Fide%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1750-4509477925def64f094797"  class="text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Evangelization_of_Peoples">Propaganda Fide</a>. </i>The villa went back to being a farmstead, with the gardens being lost.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 1896 there was a restoration after an earthquake damaged the church. The architect was Etorre Bonelli. The edifice bears a marble tablet recording this.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The region was still completely rural when the curacy was transferred to the diocese of Rome in 1948. This coincided with the beginning of suburban development, much of it illegal and very messy, which led to the diffuse neighbourhoods of Selcetta, Trigòria (these two not well distinguished), Borgata Trigòria and Trigòria Alta. None of these was near the church.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The friars left in 1975, handing over the parish to diocesan clergy.
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