Ecclesiastical or organizational status Titular church Groundbreaking 1940 Opened 1942 Year consecrated 1942 Architect Tullio Rossi | Affiliation Roman Catholic Website Official website Completed 1942 | |
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Similar Sant’Angela Merici, San Liborio, Santa Chiara a Vigna Cla, Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina, Sacro Cuore di Gesù ago | ||
The Church of Saint Emerentiana on Tor Fiorenza (Italian: Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza, Latin: S. Emerentianae ad locum vulgo Tor Fiorenza) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, built as a parish church, by decree of Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani. On the 5 March 1973 Pope Paul VI granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals.
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At present the Titulus Sancta Emerentianae ad locum vulgo Tor Fiorenza is held by Jean-Pierre Kutwa.
Architecture
The facade has three doors which are framed by travertine marble. The church has three naves separated by pillars, with six side chapels. The apse is dominated by a large mosaic depicting the Triumph of the Church, by the Franciscan Belluno Ugolino.
List of Cardinal Priests
References
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