Rome is a fantastic city not only for the monuments, the masterpieces, the buildings or the charm of its ruins. Rome is also fantastic for its long history, for the many cultures and traditions that created, since the past, a multiethnic city ready to continuously transform itself. And these social, economic and cultural transformations have led to the proliferation of very picturesque legends.

You have to remind how Rome is also a christian city, or better where the leader of the Christianity has is seat since the IV century a.D. Consequently it is easy to understand how many legends are inspired by the figure of Satan or, in general, by demons and evil creatures. And here is one for you. We are at the Church of Jesus, one of the first seats of the Jesuits, a powerful congregation and brotherhood which was born precisely during the XVI century thanks to St Ignazio da Loyola. This basilica, which fully reflects the new counter-reformist wave attempted by the Church following the Lutheran schism, probably has the most beautiful Baroque-style decoration in all of Rome! Various stuccoes and gilding surround frescoes with a clear ecclesiastical taste, paintings used to educate the faithful and to remind them the strong and historical spirituality of the Church. The Church of Jesus, with its one main nave flanked by chapels (architectonical style of the end of the XVI century), becomes the protagonist of one of the oldest Christian-demonic legends in all of Rome.

It is said that one day the Devil, walking in the area with the wind, decided to enter inside the basilica to wreak havoc, as much as possible. So he ordered the wind to wait for him out there. But there is a big problem: if the devil tries to enter a sacred place something must happen to him. And in fact from there Satan was never able to get out, forced inside by the Forces of Good. In the meantime, and even today after centuries, the wind is there, alone, waiting for its master.

A curious legend, of course, which gave a strange answer to why, but this is true, a constant breeze lashes the small square in front of the church. It is certain that it happens due to the numerous buildings that surround the area, which perhaps create vortices of air, but the fact is that not only in the Middle Ages but also later, in the height of the Renaissance, there were many similar legends that proliferated in Rome. We often think that the Renaissance is synonymous with science, literature and new knowledge and knowledge. But if it is true that some popes at the time avoided to do something if they had an unfavorable horoscope, we cannot be surprised by such a legend.