San Pio X alla Balduina | |
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Church of Pope Saint Pius X in Balduina | |
Chiesa di San Pio Decimo alla Balduina | |
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41°55′11″N 12°26′27″E / 41.9197°N 12.4407°E | |
Location | Via Attilio Friggeri 87, Trionfale, Rome |
Country | Italy |
Language(s) | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
Website |
sanpiodecimo |
History | |
Status | titular church |
Dedication | Pope Pius X |
Consecrated | 1961 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Alberto Ressa [1] |
Architectural type | Modern |
Groundbreaking | 1957 |
Completed | 1961 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Rome |
San Pio X alla Balduina is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in Rome, dedicated to Pope Pius X. [2] [3] [4]
The church was built in 1957–61. [1] Pope Paul VI visited on 16 February 1964, and Pope John Paul II visited on 31 January 1993.
San Pio X was a filming site for The Last Man on Earth (1964); it was used for the climactic scene where Dr. Morgan ( Vincent Price) is cornered by human-vampire hybrids and murdered on the altar of the church. [5] [6] [7]
On 29 April 1969, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. [8]
The church is modernist in style, with a side chapel devoted to Padre Pio, with a painting of him by Ulisse Sartini. The main altar features a bronze crucifix by Publio Morbiducci, while the pipe organ (added in 1969, and so not seen in The Last Man on Earth) was made by the Tamburini firm. [7]