Location Rome, Italy Ecclesiastical or organizational status Titular church Groundbreaking 1947 Opened 1948 Leadership Paulo Evaristo Arns Architectural type Church | Affiliation Roman Catholic Website Official website Completed 1948 Phone +39 06 702 2602 Year consecrated 1965 | |
Address Piazza Asti, 10, 00182 Roma, Italy Similar Santa Chiara a Vigna Cla, Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonv, Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina, Santi Gioacchino e Anna al, Sacro Cuore di Gesù ago | ||
The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua on Via Tuscolana (Italian: Santi Antonio da Padova e Annibale Maria) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, built for the religious congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus, to whose founder Saint Annibale Maria di Francia is co-concercrated the church along with Saint Anthony of Padua. Having been completed in 1948 it was given to the Rogationists fathers, before being concercrated on 27 May 1965 by Cardinal Luigi Traglia. On 5 March 1973 Pope Paul VI granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals.
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The most recent Cardinal Priest of this church until his death on 14 December 2016 was Paulo Evaristo Arns.
Architecture
The facade of the church has three doors, which are topped by five windows. The interior is constituted of three naves. The tabernacle is made of alabaster and bronze statues. The church is famous for having the highest bell tower in Rome at 47 meters.
Two plaques inside the church commemorate the visits of Pope Paul VI in 1974 and Pope John Paul II in 1979.