Photos • Location
Side chapel with baptismal font
Nave, dome, and main altar
| Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica | |
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| Church of the Holy Protomartyrs on the Old Aurelian Way | |
Chiesa dei Santi Protomartiri Romani | |
 Facade | |
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| 41°53′41″N 12°26′29″E / 41.8946°N 12.4413°E | |
| Location | Via Angelo di Pietro 50, Q. Aurelio, Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Tradition | Roman Rite |
| Website |
santiprotomartiriromani |
| History | |
| Status | titular church |
| Dedication | First Martyrs of the Church of Rome |
| Consecrated | 1968 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Francesco Fornari [1] |
| Architectural type | Romanesque Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1968 |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Rome |
Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in western Rome, dedicated to the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (died AD 64–67). [2]
History
Built in 1968, [3] [4] it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest on 30 April 1969. [5] In 1985, Pope John Paul II visited this church. [6]
- Cardinal-protectors
- Joseph Malula (1969–1989) [7]
- Henri Schwery (1991–2021) [8] [9]
- Anthony Poola (2022–present) [10]
References
- ^ "Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica". info.roma.it.
- ^ "Santi Protomartiri Romani". July 30, 2013.
- ^ Faiella, Francesca (February 25, 2017). NOMI DI PIETRA LA STORIA E LA TOPONOMASTICA DELLE STRADE DI ROMA OSTIA E L'ENTROTERRA MUNICIPIO X. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781326956950 – via Google Books.
- ^ Carpaneto, Giorgio (November 24, 1997). I quartieri di Roma: una serie straordinaria di affascinanti itinerari ripercorsi lungo le strade di ieri e di oggi, tra bellezze artistiche e naturali, alla scoperta del volto antico e moderno della città. Newton & Compton. ISBN 9788881836390 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica". GCatholic.
- ^ "When in Rome...see Santi Protomartiri Romani on Via Angelo di Pietro".
- ^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - April 28, 1969". cardinals.fiu.edu.
- ^ Wyder, Theodor (November 24, 2002). Henri Schwery: sacerdoti, episcopi, cardinalis. Editions Saint-Augustin. ISBN 9782880112882 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ..." P.J. Kenedy. November 24, 2005 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (Cardinal Titular Church) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
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