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Affiliation
  
Roman Catholic

Opened
  
1992

Region
  
Lazio

Completed
  
1992

Phone
  
+39 06 559 2973

Municipality
  
Rome

Santi Aquila e Priscilla

Address
  
Via Pietro Blaserna, 113, 00146 Roma, Italy

Similar
  
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Santi e beati 8 luglio santi aquila e priscilla


Santi Aquila e Priscilla is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to saints Aquila and Priscilla in the quartiere Portuense (Q.XI) of Rome, on via Pietro Blaserna. The church was consecrated on November 15, 1992.

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In 1994, John Paul II designated it as a cardinal's titular church, and the current Cardinal-Priest is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana.

Santi e beati 8 luglio santi aquila e priscilla


History

The Church was designed by architect Ignazio Breccia Fratadocchi and inaugurated by Cardinal Vicar Ugo Poletti on May 10, 1992. Pope John Paul II consecrated the church on November 15, 1992.

The parish was established on November 5, 1971 by a decree of Cardinal Vicar Angelo Dell'Acqua entitled Neminem fugit.

Description

The church is elliptical. The chancel is dominated by a large painting of the Madonna and a massive pipe organ. At the side is the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament illuminated by stained glass. A nursery is located at the bottom of the church, near the main entrance.

References

Santi Aquila e Priscilla Wikipedia